Happy Monday everyone. Well not really a happy Monday for me. The ugly injury bug bit me hard on Friday. Let me just preface the story with the fact that I am a big baby when I am hurt.
Friday was a normal easy run day. It was scheduled to be 8 miles at an easy pace. Well as soon as I hit the road to start my run, I felt a slight pain in my left calf. I ignored it thinking that I was just still tight and that the pain would go away. And mostly it was just a dull throb for the first 3 miles. Then it started to flex its control.
It felt like a cramp. So I just did what you normally do when you have a cramp while running. Run it quickly while still moving. Well it didn't work. So I decided that I would take it easy for a couple of blocks. Well this still didn't help. In fact it started hurting more.
Now on the verge of panic, I tell myself to just continue slowly. Not racing so time is not important. So I finish the run. By now my calf is screaming bloody murder. It hurts like crazy. So I decide to R-I-C-E it. I immediately get everything together. I get an ice pack and ace bandage. I wrap it and sit there with it elevated for the rest of the afternoon.
It still feels a little tight but I know that I have a 45 mile ride on Saturday. I caution myself against getting upset. I say the worst thing that could happen is that I would just have to cancel the weekend workouts. Well the ride went really well. No issues. So now I am thinking that maybe the pain will go away once I start running. Sunday I had a 16 mile run scheduled. So again my plan was to just take it easy and go as far as I could. Well I didn't get very far. I started to run and the pain immediately returned.
So I went back inside and decided to just take the day off. Well its Monday now and there is still pain there. I am not very happy with it but what can you do. I just have to face the reality of age. I am not going heal as quickly as before and I just have to accept that.
I have to trust that I have built a solid base and I will be ok. Tomorrow is a 7 mile run. I am going to start it on the treadmill and see how it goes.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Wednesday
Well today was a much better day. Not feeling as blah today.
Today was a 25 mile ride. It was cold and misty but I got it in. the story for today's ride and you know there is always a story, was an older gent riding as well.
For some reason my cycling time has been declining. Today I averaged about 17.2. When I look at the course it doesn't seem that daunting but it is totally kicking my butt. This is the forth time in the past week that I have ridden this course and it's not getting any easier.
Oh well, I will get it. I am going to continue this route and work it out.
Today was a 25 mile ride. It was cold and misty but I got it in. the story for today's ride and you know there is always a story, was an older gent riding as well.
For some reason my cycling time has been declining. Today I averaged about 17.2. When I look at the course it doesn't seem that daunting but it is totally kicking my butt. This is the forth time in the past week that I have ridden this course and it's not getting any easier.
Oh well, I will get it. I am going to continue this route and work it out.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Dragging Butt
Today my energy level has totally tanked. I am not sure what's going on but I just want to go somewhere and sleep and sleep and sleep.
I know that over the past couple of days I have put in some hours training and running around and just doing different things but in the grand scheme of things, it hasn't been much more than I would normally do. I am not sure what the deal is.
Am I getting sick?
Is it just old age?
Bad diet?
I don't know but I seriously have to kick this. This morning I went to the pool. Everything felt normal. I was actually out of the house relatively quickly. I made it to the pool by 6:15. I only had to wait a minute for a lane. Nothing major. Today was the second straight day of speed work. Ha, imagine me talking about speed work in the pool. Well after my warm up, I was spent. I had zero energy left. I was bankrupt. but I had to get my workout in, so I soldiered through it. I wouldn't want to compare my time with a snail but it was all completed. Every lap and the cool down.
I left the pool and wanted to head home and find my pillow. Well we all know that that will not happen.
At lunch today, I had an 8 mile run. Where have all these 8 miles runs come from. The distance is just so odd. Also and probably more importantly it is really hard to map from the office. I finally figured out a course (remember my energy level is still low). I take off for the run and tell myself to just get it in. Remember you are building. That is my new mantra. So I get the run down and still zero energy.
Now I struggling through the remainder of the afternoon. And to make things even better, I have a meeting tonight which will probably last until 9 pm. Yeah. Well at least I get to sleep until 6:30 tomorrow morning.
I know that over the past couple of days I have put in some hours training and running around and just doing different things but in the grand scheme of things, it hasn't been much more than I would normally do. I am not sure what the deal is.
Am I getting sick?
Is it just old age?
Bad diet?
I don't know but I seriously have to kick this. This morning I went to the pool. Everything felt normal. I was actually out of the house relatively quickly. I made it to the pool by 6:15. I only had to wait a minute for a lane. Nothing major. Today was the second straight day of speed work. Ha, imagine me talking about speed work in the pool. Well after my warm up, I was spent. I had zero energy left. I was bankrupt. but I had to get my workout in, so I soldiered through it. I wouldn't want to compare my time with a snail but it was all completed. Every lap and the cool down.
I left the pool and wanted to head home and find my pillow. Well we all know that that will not happen.
At lunch today, I had an 8 mile run. Where have all these 8 miles runs come from. The distance is just so odd. Also and probably more importantly it is really hard to map from the office. I finally figured out a course (remember my energy level is still low). I take off for the run and tell myself to just get it in. Remember you are building. That is my new mantra. So I get the run down and still zero energy.
Now I struggling through the remainder of the afternoon. And to make things even better, I have a meeting tonight which will probably last until 9 pm. Yeah. Well at least I get to sleep until 6:30 tomorrow morning.
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