Training Log Archive: Torzi

Run round Witley this morning - still feeling a little ill and sluggish still so reduced my session from 70 mins to 40 mins. I am in need of a holiday in lovely Wales - such a healing place and excited for a fresh week of training starting there tommorow!
Ran this as (1 min walk, 9 min run) x 4 - so still a decent session.
Right hip a little twingey and dogdy - but not too bad, right achilles the same but also not too bad! POSITIVITY :)
It is a lovely place to run, but not quite big enough for my longer sessions - need to explore a little more!

Cycling around:
- To the Gym
- From the Gym to the Lion's Den (Brunch with Miranda)
- Home for the Lion's Den

Not only is it good for the environment and nearly as quick as the car, but this also gets additional training in :D.

Relaxed warm up on the cross trainer.

Core/Adductor/Glute Work:
Floor Work:
1 x 1 min High Plank holds, 1 x 1 min low plank, 30s side plank each side + 10 leg lifts.
3 x 10 Glute Bridges with resistance band.
3 x 10 Side Lying Leg raise on each leg with resistance band.
12 bird dogs on each side.
3 x 6 press ups.
Standing Work:
3 x Crab Walks with resistance band (8 steps there and back).
Reverse lunge slide 8 on each leg x 3.
Sideways lunge slide 8 on each leg x 3.
2 x 1 min/20s balances on each leg eyes closed/eyes open.
1 leg squats 12 each leg.
15 hops each leg.
3 x 10 jump squats.
Sitting Work:
4 x 30s Pilates Ring hold.
40 Pilates ring squeezes.
4 x 30s Pilates Ring extended hold.
3 x 20s hip flexor hold each leg.
Weighted Strength Circuit:
3 x 10 Weighted Squats + 20kg.
3 x 10 Weighted Deadlifts + 20kg.

Sessions complete: 6/6 - so writing up a new session with the help of Runners World!

5 min chill
5 min WORK (20s on, 40s off, 30s on, 30s off, 40s on, 20s off, 50s on, 10s off, 60s on).
5 min chill

Quick 10 min flow to open hips - they are quite tight at the moment so need to keep opening and flowing through them so I don't get twinges. A lot of emotional pain stores up in the hips, so treating them means I can help eliminate fear and worry so that I can tackle whatever comes my way <3

Achilles a little swollen today - but treating it well. Also I caught it with my bike pedal really sorely so might be swollen skin more than anything - silly me!!!
Achilles Treatment x 1.

Still feeling a little rubbish today - also not great nutrition making me feel worse - going to try and really reduce processed food and eat pure natural whole food. Remember what the happy pear say about a basic 'vegan' diet and a plant based whole food diet!

We will get there <3

Setbacks truly build comebacks - after feeling quite awful yesterday I smashed out my longest ever open water swim in the early hours of this morning - 3600m in about 70 mins - so glad about this session because it served as some amazing preparation for the 5000m in just over 2 weeks - and it also got me back to feeling motivated and on track again!

They have opened the big lap now @ Mychett Lakes which is really good! Small Lap = 400m.
Big Lap = 800m.

Today I did:
Warm up - 1 big lap (800m).
SET: 3 big laps straight (2400m).
Cool down - 1 small lap (400m).

Went on the bike instead of driving to my appointments/various admin things around town. A really clever way to get some more practice and movement in throughout the day and something I want to try to do more often! <3

Felt pretty awful today, body felt out of whack and not good.
Rested up, felt sorry for myself but now clearing all the negativity, feeling better and ready to get straight back on track tommorow and live the life i LOVE <3.
I ALWAYS feel better when I train in the morning and start and end the day with my respective routines. So returning to that tommorow and building upwards to become even stronger again. It is important to remember that these blips simply build us and allow us to grow and strengthen even further. I will keep going and dreaming till I reach these goals. I will never hate myself for these days - they make me stronger. I used to hate myself for the pain and treatment, but now I love myself - what a transition <3. NEVER LOOK BACK.

Achilles Treatment x 1.

Warm up on the bike today - just feeling unmotivated and sluggish today!

Core/Adductor/Glute Work:
Floor Work:
1 x 1 min High Plank holds, 30s side plank each side + 10 leg lifts.
3 x 10 Glute Bridges with resistance band.
3 x 10 Side Lying Leg raise on each leg with resistance band.
12 bird dogs on each side.
Standing Work:
3 x Crab Walks with resistance band (8 steps there and back).
Sitting Work:
4 x 30s Pilates Ring hold.
40 Pilates ring squeezes.

Session 5/6.

- Only managed this today - felt SO sluggish and dead! Don't know what it is. Maybe breaking fast too early? Or too much sugar/carb - not sure! But I know I will get through today - and I will be stronger! Listening to the body and going to wake up tommorow feeling a lot better. NO MORE starting again stories - this is all progression now. These harder days will become less and less <3.

Entering Stage 2 of Achilles Treatment.

Achilles Treatment x 1 - doing this stage for about a month as much harder work - but I am sure it will lead to much benefit.
It is fine for the treatment to produce a little pain, but nothing over 3/10. <3

I dropped Tash off at her exam and I got on the bike and cycled about 15km out and back with a little navigation along the way. It was good to get on the bike and get some good, flat practice in. I am so excited for this adventure race and just want to keep getting faster, stronger and more enduring! But I need to take my time and build this slowly and sustainably.

REST DAY as travelling - still got all my steps in :)
Achilles Treatment x 1

Taped Achilles whilst running.
Achilles Treatment x 1

Really fun run with Jane and Talia around Culbin forest - past the Tower and to the Gut and back.
Was slower than yesterdays becasue we were with Talia - but she did really well - meant I could pick the pace up on some of the runs!
Hips felt a little funny before but once I got going they were fine - a good example of how a run can often help out the hip pain and loosen things up.

This was the session: (we walked either side of the running section)
- 10 min warm up jog
- 10 x (1 min walk, 2 min run flow)
- 5 min jog warm down