Training Log Archive: fletch

Event: Geraldton Marathon
 

Not quite as much of a bludge as yesterday coz there was a reasonable headwind this morning, but it was a nice cruise after I caught Ben and we had a chat the last 1.5km in to work.

Off to the podiatrist this afternoon. Hopefully will get my foot sorted soon and get back into some more serious running.

Looking at my dismal log makes me glad I do at least ride to school, coz I'm not getting nito much else whilst being sick and injured...

Home via the podiatrist.

Getting a new non-slip soft coating on my orthotics as well as a wedge down one side to try to alleviate the toe pain. Apart from that the order is to rest (why are doctors definitions of rest so absolute). Like I had already guessed it's pretty hard to rest a big toe flexor coz you use it walking... but I'll try to go another whole week without running and see if it makes a difference.

Almost over my cold now - will ride a bit and use the fit-ball this week. Grrrr

Slept in till after 9, then rode as slow as possible in to work. Felt like crap, but had a science lab to teach that I hadn't organised, so I couldn't really phone in sick...

Feeling a fair bit better, and the wind was pretty light so I pushed a bit after the first couple of km.

Didn't last after I got home. Was meant to do my core work, but lay on the couch and did stuff all till bed time.

Ride to school. Not healthy at all. Very tired and sick.

Ride home. Felt awful, but pushed hard just to get it over with as quick as possible.

Picked up Diamondback at lunchtime today. New bottom bracket and crankset. Lets see if this one stays together... will have to give it a good solid test as soon as I'm healthy again. Unfortunately it is still as heavy as I remember it :(

Decided to try yet another pair of shoes to see if it helped the toe. It didn't... but I did discover that the old Beasts I retired back in December (and well overdue) that I had thought of as like runnig with a couple of bricks strapped to your feet (both in terms of weight and lack of cushioning) actually still seem to have more cushioning left than my Adistars, which are much younger and lighter.
Still - I'd prefer to do most of my running in a new pair if it's not making any difference to my toe.

Ride home. Pushed pretty hard at times.

I've come to the conclusion that exercise would be far more enjoyable if I was totally injury free. Now if I could just figure out how to get to that point...

I was just wasting some time and looked up my annual training totals so far. Apart from generally being depressingly small, I feel even better about surviving the Espresso race. It preparation for this I realised I only completed a massive 15 hours of paddling and 11 hours on the MTB (although I did do some decent road rides.
Given that those 15 hours are about the sum of my paddling in the last 10 years, I guess it shouldn't be a surprise that I struggled big time on the second paddle in the race (which was also from the 21-24hr mark).

I had thought that I had prepared relatively well, but had been planning on really getting stuck back into riding and particularly paddling just before Christmas at the latest. To log more training hours for next years race I would have to churn out in the order of 30-35 mniutes paddling per week and less than 25 mniutes on the MTB... shouldn't be too hard really...

Ride in with the heavy pack. Got to school just before it pelted with rain.

Bit sick. Wheezing and coughing a bit, but otherwise feeling ok.

Girls are finally getting healthy again. Had a much better night's sleep last night.

Relaxed jog home. Felt better at the end that I did when I started (it terms of sickness and wheezing). Actually considerably faster than I was expecting. Foot sore, but not unbearable. Have an apointment wit ha podiatrist booked in for Friday (not the one I was recommended bt there's no way I was going to wait 3 weeks for an appointment) Will try switching back to my old Beasts for a jog back into work tomorrow to see if any other shoes make any difference...