Training Log Archive: Wyatt

1 light long PT set, one short

Long PT set and 1 Short

Event: US Team Trials
 

Yesterday, I passed the "bent-knee stretch test" meaning I had no pain when doing a certain stretch. I think I still have pain on/off, mostly when sitting, due perhaps to some ongoing ischeogluteal bursitis, but the underlying tendon is getting stronger. Or so I hypothesize.


Anyway, according to the High Hamstring Tendinopathy bible, now that I passed teh stretch test I can start doing some light running-like stuff for my legs (but not running yet), and pool-running is the preferred thing to do.

So I tried 5 minutes of it. I was going to try 10, but I got a little burn going after 3 minutes. Stayed light, but I figure better safe for the first try. Fortunately, the burn died down to nothing within ~3 minutes of stopping (which included some standing hamstring stretches.)

Pain: Still some burn the last few days, mostly when sitting. Not nearly as bad as Monday night/Tuesday morning.

C • That's a good sign so far. Tak... 1

Definitely a recent PR in the 400m. w/water buoy too. Started fast (~50 sec 1st lap) and slowed down. Not sure if pacing would have been better due to motivational issues..

One long-PT set - up to normal recent volume (ex. the really hard ball stuff, and not doing the deep-tissue work any more). Plus biceps, hips, ankles.

One set of relatively light long-PT. A few extra heat pad sits too.

Planning on a mile, but still having motivation problems. Today was especially bad as the L-TBI's bursitis (I think) was burning quite a bit in the car last night and this morning (for ~15 minute drives.) Way more than any day for ~2 weeks if I recall correctly. By evening it was a little better. Not sure what I did to set it off - all I can think is I was more aggressive than normal on the deep tissue massage yesterday. I may just stop that altogether, as one site said if you've got bursitis with the high hamstring tendinopathy, that deep tissue massage can make things worse...

Choices:
a) continue doing this for a bit
b) go get an MRI in case it clarifies what I should do at all
c) just start running (ramping up) and see what happens

I think I'll do (a) & start (b), but if I'm stagnant, and/or the MRI doesn't give me much direction, I might try (c)...

Long PT + 2 shorts.
Skipped the deep tissue massage, and only did eccentric ham's during the Long PT. Bridge was 10-sec on ball w/roll-off, and I'm up to 5x5'sec' each foot for the prone plank.

Long PT + 1 short PT. Leg burned in car after long PT - ice barely quelled it and not for too long. Primary diff vs. other sessions was that I used a map case over the pants to allow my hand to slide back/forth easier for the transverse massage, allowing a rougher massage. So maybe that was too rough since bursistis is involved? Or maybe the weekend's Billygoat Sprint walk is catching up to me??? Hope it's not the latter as that was really slow & careful (more than 6x the winner's time.)

Having motivation problems. My leg's has plateau'ed for the last week, and I got to watch the Billygoat yesterday instead of running in it...

Not sure if I'm ready for the roll-back-forth on ball thing, so I did roll-off (not as hard and more eccentric work.) May stick with that for a week.