Training Log Archive: BrandNewMe

This is an enforced rest day. No time today, and my legs are more stiff than ever before for some inexplicable reason. Stuck 400 miles way from my foam roller. A faffy day planned for tomorrow too so will be hard pushed to get a run in then too. Have to get the car sorted for selling (mazda 3 ts2 2006/06 73,000 miles, w rof bars and sligtly bashed roof box £3,100 ono), and get lucy's room ready for the plasterer. i think i'll have to get up at 5:30...

Wallington so round the houses road run as per usual. hilly in places so those bits were a bit of a fartlek as i didn't was to run downhill hard on asphalt. knee started hurting after about 30 mins. Stopped and did some one legged knee bends to remind the vmo to work and this seemed to settle it down. Maybe this will be the way forward. Running, but stopping exery 10 mins for some exercises. Had to detour via purley tesco to buy socks and pants as i came away without enough...

20 x 1min w 30secs rec. Compared to last week was stonkingly fast, and trainers not flats too. Exciting stuff. was a bit depressed when setting off as thought it was going to be sore but i was well strapped up and it was fine. Must have been the vhi selection that inspired me.

C • VHI 3

Devilla training. Not as windblown as i thought it might be. Felt fit, strong and fast in the terrain but knee bad throughout.

Cheered myself up by buying a bike. A very very nice one!

Hw. Jogged 46 which was more of an effort last week so moving in the right direction but knee hurt in a slightly different way. Deeply deeply frustrated with it. 3.5months of comprimised training now. Grrrr! Was going to run home but have cancelled that so a long bus ride with smackheads and teenage mums, followed by a long trudge to the nursery. All sorts of fun planned next week cancelled to make way for physio / massage sessions. Fair to say i am a bit pissed off

trying to find more ways to entertain myself cross training. Tried BMF which was pretty good x training but I think I will only be able to make it one day a week so not sure it would be worth it. Legs and arms certainly felt it afterwards.

C • Cool, you tried BMF- were t... 5

Sprintervals, but not feeling too perky, so joggervals would be more accurate. Good o practice all the same though.

Hw loop. No watch which was annoying as this was a pb. Felt cumbersome but fast as i got up to hw and around. then hit the canal 20m ahead of some bloke who was going well. Guessed he would be going back to ep with me so put in a kick and stayed ahead. All the way to the end. I got to work and stopped, and he came past and said 'nice pace' and i replied, as nonchalantly as poss 'nice day for it', as tjough i always finish runs at 6min mile pace. Regretting not getting his number as he wpuld have made an excellent training partner.

This was going to be much further and much more fun, but for various reasons, was curtailed. Boo!