Training Log Archive: Bomb

at the Spin Doc, Joe's class. Super tough class - started with lots of big gear climbing stuff and progressed to mid gear high cadence.

hot yoga. it's been so long that the instructor commented on my absence. good class with more stretch than strength which suited me tonight.

Club relays on a new area at Wivenhoe. It was very hot before we started and it got very unpleasant running. Most of the long course runners started in the mass start and it was a big pack run to begin with - kept together by the boys missing most of the controls at the start and Rachel, Su Yan and I being the first to find the control. The guys got ahead with a long running leg and we ended up with a little pack of girls, lead by Rachel. It was getting pretty tough to keep running - particularly on any sort of hill. By the last part of the course I was starting to feel pretty sick, but it was a flat run home. I had the extra detour through the lake, and it was hard to get out again.

A long swim post run was great to cool down.

Feet are still swollen, and have heaps of big pillow blisters. might have a few days of non-running training.

Afternoon strength session - Dan had spent the day taking apart the kitchen and bathroom of the new flat, and pulling up all the carpet, so we had all that, and all the shitty furniture the previous owner left in the flat, to bring down 4 flights of stairs. We did discuss the option of hurling all over the balcony but decided the cleanup wasn't worth it (although it would have helped make it ready for the skip).

Run from my place, with Mark and Rachel for the first bit. Legs pretty tired from yesterday, and still experimenting to see if the ankle stretches can keep the pain down. Got through the run fine, but it was a bit stiff afterwards.

First river loop in many years, inspired by a new bike! Had to have an early start to get to work on time. One thing hasn't changed - solo river loops are still very boring!

New bike is good and comfortable. Bars are higher, which has the novelty feature of not hitting knees when climbing, but ended up spending a lot of time in the drops. Gear levers are arranged a bit differently so will need some time to adjust.

Otherwise good, and great to have a functional bike again. Thinking of plans for the old roadie. Either single speed or a two speed back pedal hub.

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got home late from work, but still dragged myself out for a short run. felt awful to begin with, but improved later - an interesting combination of feeling quite strong on the hills, but lacking fitness. weird.
got some new ankle pain - medial talocrural joint which seems that something is still not aligned properly. had a go on the ankle stretching machine which seemed to help quite a bit.

another weekend of renovating - finishing details on one flat and pulling carpet on another. exhausted.

Run from Clares, with Clare, Su Yan and Rachel. James and Mat disappeared straight from the start. Awful run (as expected, and as I'd expected Tuesday to be like). Struggled to put one foot in front of the other.
Nice dip in the pool afterwards, and a quick breakfast in Clares new pool house. Its going to be nice to have a leisurely breakfasts here over summer!

Run in Anzac park. had expected this to be pretty awful, but turned out to be quite ok - I felt much better running than I did before or after. I even considered adding some extra, but then remembered that as it was first run back and I had been feeling a bit seedy all day that wasn't the best idea.

stopped at the chin up bar and did a couple of sets (Dan reckons it was a miracle I could do any!), then a couple of sets of pushups when I got home.

Sick since last Wednesday with the cold that a few people had in WA. 4 days of sleeping and now finally getting back to sort of being ok. still not ready to train yet though.

sore throat.

Had a run around the schools relay senior girls course using the last map from one of our composite teams. Very hot by the time I got to go out and also fairly distracted by everything else that had gone on already during the day.
Shocker of a run - made dumb mistakes on 5 out of 12 controls, but I guess it was a good reminder before the weekend.
Running felt a bit better than it did on sunday which is promising.