Training Log Archive: Craig

Would have gone for a run if Rachel had (all her fault).
Walked around Big Brook loop from Carters Rd with Penny (rode bike from Glenbourne), Phil, Rachel and Liam.

Ran from Ten Mile Brook Dam to Margaret River with Phil and Rachel. ITB was significantly better but still not right. Felt pretty crap to begin with and dropped so far behind that I got out of sight and Rachel looped back to see what had happened to me. Felt a bit better later in the run and managed to keep up after catching up when Phil stopped to give someone directions. Passed a few tourists walking the other way near the end and turned around to comment to Rachel about the cloud of fumes around one perfumed woman we passed only to kick the only rock in an otherwise smooth and level track. Lost a bit of skin off my hands and balanced out my left ITB problems by grazing and bruising my right knee and hip.

Another easy run from Glenbourne late in the afternoon because we didn't get around to doing anything earlier. Started up Spring Rd again but this time took a track I haven't been on before that looped around the back of the cliff and out to the Western boundary. Up a very steep hill along the boundary to Ellensbrook Rd, up the road to the park boundary at the end of Spring Rd. Headed north for a short distance but my ITB was stuffed so I told Rachel to keep going north as far as whe wanted and I would walk until she got back to me. Of course Rachel turned around straight away so I alternated walking and running hard to catch up the rest of the way home. Decided to have a few days off running and give up swimming completely.

Wanted to keep it fairly flat and stay in the shade as much as possible today so headed out on the rehab loop and started the harder effort from Charles Rd. Stayed on the rehab loop back to Charles then turned left and headed back to the rock quarry, first right back to 5 way junction and home via the gravel pits. Legs still feeling crap and today my left hip was sore as well, possibly from the 50m of breaststroke I did yesterday.

Easy run with Rachel from Glenbourne up Spring Rd to Ellensbrook Rd, down to homestead and back past Meekadarabee. Rachel hadn't been for a run and I didn't want to send her out alone in an unfamiliar area so decided I could manage another easy run. Left hip didn't agree with my assessment and complained the whole way and started to hurt all the way down the ITB to the attachments below the knee after the first few minutes. ITB felt a little better after a bit of a stretch near the falls and I felt really strong the rest of the way home.

Very slow run out the view trail. It has been a long time since I have gone that way and I had forgotten how good the views are, almost good enough to make up for how I felt. Forgot to turn on top of the spur so ended up down at the bottom of Moola Rd. Took a side track 100m up the hill and back (felt much better after this) then tried another track where I could see horses had been recently. Track was pretty indistinct but managed to keep following the hoof prints. I think this track is probably where I picked up a tick but luckily it hadn't found a tasty bit so it washed off in the shower. Knee sore early, achilles heel fine.

Went to Bilgoman afterwards and swam a bit but not enough to call it training. I think I did 700m all up.

Ran a variation of the John Forrest cross country course with my dad before the traditional christmas morning breakfast of blueberry pancakes, bacon, egg, sausage and tomato. Didn't manage to get started until 8:20 which was a bit later than I would have liked on a day that reached 41C. I didn't find it too bad but Phil ended up walking a few stretches towards the end because he was feeling a bit 'dry'. I only really ran hard for the section North of the railway when Phil walked along the railway to meet me at the other end but the pace was faster than my normal easy run pace when we were together. Legs still feeling a bit heavy. Left heel good apart from a short section up the steepest hill late in the run. Right achilles a bit stiff at the start, ok for most of the run including the hill where my left heel was sore but felt kind of itchy for a while after the hill.

Struggled around the rehab loop. No energy this morning, maybe I should have had breakfast first or had something else with my salad for lunch yesterday. Left heel a bit sore early, right knee a bit sore early, right achilles a bit sore.