Training Log Archive: schnitzer

With Christian - my powers are weak and now he is the master.

Again did my range of movement rehab exercises before rowing, still can't really explain why. Significantly better at them this week however giving me even less reason to carry on doing them. Saying that I still can't sit on my heels, not even close so should maybe still be doing them every day. The thing that makes me reluctant is that I suspect that at this final stage the tension band wires are actually restricting progress. It's something I've heard from other sources too that one can't completely recover until the metal is taken out :(

This workout was again supposed to be easy but less easy than last time. Got it wrong again and put too much effort in, had to stop at 8km. Too tired and again really struggled with the rubber cushion.

Resistance level 0/10.

I don't do this anywhere near enough.

When I ran out to the start of the reflexbana on Wednesday I spotted some new reflectors that I didn't remember from last year. Couldn't help imagine that if I had followed them they would have taken me to the start i.e. the reflexbana had maybe been extended at the beginning i.e. the start is maybe no longer the start.

Jogged out there and followed them backwards to find the new start, a bit headless chicken but not bad for a warm up. The 'new' start is at the SW side of Barnsjön.

Then ran it forwards - as expected it does indeed go to the start i.e. it has been extended at the beginning i.e. the start is no longer the start.

So about 8.5km in total now. I wonder if it will be extended at the end too, there is still one more block of forest to use (over the meadow from the finish) and the entire course would still be contained within the Barnsjön map! Quite incredible really when one considers how small the area is.

Reflexbana again but this time braved it on my own (although still carrying a telephone!). Last night's storm has done quite a lot of damage, high winds are lethal here as the forest is pretty ancient. Fallen trees have affected the route but not badly enough to ruin it fortunately.

Very icy, had to give myself a proper talking too after falling on my bum twice in the first five minutes. After that I seemed to concentrate at a more appropriate level.

58:05 for the lap today, 5.5mins faster than last week but I'm guessing that is mainly to do with the surface. I seem to remember that the snow was significant last time whereas today it was hard, everywhere.

Happy new year!

Went out for a family walk in the woods, great feeling in the knee. Almost like it was better. Got all enthusiastic with Elmin about doing the reflexbana together but decided against it as we understandably didn't exactly have a normal amount of sleep.