Training Log Archive: fletch

I think I unintentionally just had my biggest running week for the year. That's pretty pathetic for someone who set a 10km PB and has generally run as well as any time since 2003 (or perhaps ever).

Methinks there is some serious room for improvement if the knee stays in one piece...

Wasn't to sure how this morning would go. Legs didn't feel great yesterday evening and I was beginning to wish I had thrown in another recovery run, but apart from a couple of distinct, localised sore spots in the middle of my hamstrings (which I assume are a legacy of Friday am intervals) it was a very relaxed and enjoyable run.
Felt comfortable the whole way except the hill on Scarorough Bch Rd at about 15/16km, but came good again after. No knee pain at all while running, either PT or medial, so pretty happy about that.
A bit sore generally after, as the second half involved a lot of bitumen pounding, but starting to feel pretty good again now (1645)

Hooray for running.

Event: Leederville Metro Series
 

4 x 2km, 2 min recoveries at Ridgewood Oval. Intended to be at 10km pace, but I don't really know what that is at the moment. PB time means 7:10's, but I decided 7:20 was more realistic and not to beat myself up if I was running sub-7:30's.
Knee was good, and better after the run than last 2 days. MAybe I just need to run every day for the problem to finally disappear?

Times are OK, but the pace I was holding for most of the effort was nothing special, just that I consistently started too fast (78 sec first 400m on the second rep, about 82 for reps 3 and 4). Still, good to do something that got the legs stretched out. Hip flexors noticeably tight. I think this is stuffing up my stride a bit. Will need to put a bit more time into them during stretching sessions...
7:17
7:08
7:14
7:16

Morning soft sand run. Up at Quinns this time. Legs a little stiff at first, but got going much better than yesterday. Relaxed cruised from the surf club, south to the rocks, then up to the stairs at Jindalee and back.

Have a sharp and much more localised pain than normal on the patella tendon since finishing - no pain while running. Will have to keep an eye on things.

Fartlek session before school. 15 min warm-up, then 2:2 for 40 minutes. Had to use my normal watch as the beeper, as I can't hear the alarm on my GPS any more.
Took a while to get going, but the second half felt pretood, although it was warm, humid, and my glutes started to fatigue in the last couple of efforts. Mix of limestone, sand, bitumen, staircase etc for the efforts so good to be doing a session that was more effort-based rather than sticking to a pace.
This was the run I was meant to do last might, but lost motivation due to hunger before I got around to it...

Must get back into a routine this week, or the fitness I've maintained through the year will be gone... Took this pretty seriously, but really need to change things up a bit on the windtrainer... very boring.

On a slightly worrying note, I didn't really miss training at all last week. I can imagine not bothering at all as long as I kept busy enough doing something else. Not really a great frame of mind to be in leading up to a serious crack at some orienteering...