The past few days have been a bit of a shocker in regards to anything fitness like. This is including my diet, the nights have been late and mornings even later therefore breakfast is more like an early lunch. I have been having a few scotches over the last few days, something I do very rarely. The only time I generally have a drink is when family or friends visit ( which is now) and that is only a few times a year. Im not feeling sick, just feel, I dont know weird it is too hard to explain, just not myself. The plan for the next fews days is alot quieter, so I may be able to get into a proper routine again.
I went to the rehab Doc on Tuesday and he is happy with the progress, he didn't really say much, he is the type that likes talking about other topics and telling stories. Nice person but it is hard to get information out of him. He has released me to go back to work, however before I had my surgery I had planned to take off the 23 Dec - 23 Jan off. I have a program that helps me return to work or rather full duties quicker, this entails 3 sessions a week with the physio. The first being tomorrow.
I haven't done anything since my Saturday track session where my legs ached, they feel good at the moment and have all week. Actually I lie I have been doing quite a bit of walking playing tour guide to my visitors so that may count for something.
I think I will go to the track tonight, the Run Inns speed session or rather fast jog session for me, hopefully more than 3 people turn up. I thought the new year is the most popular time for fitness, resolutions and all, we will see.
Happy training :)
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Monday, January 09, 2006
It Doesn't run in the Family!
The relatively quite houshold of mine has been turned upside down into a party house. Alright maybe a slight exaggeration, but currently the brothers-in-law (B'sIL) are down from the north to visit. It has seen the upper body or rather still the elbow get quite a workout and doesn't look like it will end soon, with the cricket tonight and the speedway on wednesday.
Over the weekend I squeezed in a short training session down the track, in which I invited Keith and Brendon (B'sIL) to the track. I planned to do 5K, however when I began I felt pretty crappy, the wind was quite strong, so I decided on the run to do 2 x 2K and 1x 1K intervals. Keith has over the past few months been trying to establish some fitness and ran 6 laps (2.4K) which was a pretty good effort, Brendon also ran 3 laps, later stating that this was his annual running quota and is looking forward to next year for another 3 laps.
At the end of each run I had a standing recovery, my left leg which is currently the better one was aching BAD!, I think it is the start of shin splints and was causing me some serious discomfort, which has annoyed me. The fact that I am still favouring the knee means that my other leg is coping a pounding every run, even though I am running on softer surfaces. I will now need to rest up even more to get rid of the shin pain. For the remainder of the evening I just iced the shin and knee.
I was hoping to do the 14K run at West end this Sunday, however this is looking highly unlikely, maybe the 7K will have to be it for this week.
I see the rehabilitation doctor tomorrow it will be interesting to see if he thinks that the progress I have been making is good or a bit slow. Hopefully it is good news and that he gives me some sort of structured program to get me back to 100%
Bye for now....
Run Stats
2K - 8.17, 8.25 2min standing recovery
1K - 3.54
Session Total - 5K
Monthly Total - 19K
YTD - 19K
Over the weekend I squeezed in a short training session down the track, in which I invited Keith and Brendon (B'sIL) to the track. I planned to do 5K, however when I began I felt pretty crappy, the wind was quite strong, so I decided on the run to do 2 x 2K and 1x 1K intervals. Keith has over the past few months been trying to establish some fitness and ran 6 laps (2.4K) which was a pretty good effort, Brendon also ran 3 laps, later stating that this was his annual running quota and is looking forward to next year for another 3 laps.
At the end of each run I had a standing recovery, my left leg which is currently the better one was aching BAD!, I think it is the start of shin splints and was causing me some serious discomfort, which has annoyed me. The fact that I am still favouring the knee means that my other leg is coping a pounding every run, even though I am running on softer surfaces. I will now need to rest up even more to get rid of the shin pain. For the remainder of the evening I just iced the shin and knee.
I was hoping to do the 14K run at West end this Sunday, however this is looking highly unlikely, maybe the 7K will have to be it for this week.
I see the rehabilitation doctor tomorrow it will be interesting to see if he thinks that the progress I have been making is good or a bit slow. Hopefully it is good news and that he gives me some sort of structured program to get me back to 100%
Bye for now....
Run Stats
2K - 8.17, 8.25 2min standing recovery
1K - 3.54
Session Total - 5K
Monthly Total - 19K
YTD - 19K
Thursday, January 05, 2006
4k - Interval Session
Just to ease the suspense out there, I didn't get in trouble for using the photos, which is great news.
Today was a day of again no plans, I did however do a large amount of squats throughout the day. Whenever I walked past the swiss ball I would complete a few sets. This I tell you has worked wonders. Weight bearing has improved significantly and the discomfort associated with doing the reps has subsided alot. I am on a good wicket, so I am going to continue to do this.
My leg was feeling great today after the exercises so I decided to go to the track. There is a session that Phil at the Run Inn usually organises, which is an interval/speed session and the start of each interval is handicapped, obviously the slower runners off first. It always totals 4k, split up into whatever he decides on the night. I arrived there about 6pm and done a couple of laps for warm up, there are usually a few there by this time, however tonight I was the first. This wasn't a good sign.
By 630pm the time when it actually starts Schultzy, another lady and myself were it. Phil turned up but due to lack of numbers there was no point him hanging around. So it was three of us, I was going to do some sort of session irrespective of numbers so we decided to do 2 x 800, 2 x 600, 3 x 400, with either a 200m or 400m jog recovery. A total of 4k.
I felt pretty good, my leg was much looser, being able to run a bit quicker now has brought me back to reality a little. I was pretty impressed that after the 10k run last weekend that my fitness wasn't too bad, but now that I am capable of running a faster pace I can really feel the fitness is lacking. All in all a good solid session.
2 x 800m - 3.20, 3.19
2 x 600m - 2.25, 2.20
3 x 400m - 1.35, 1.33, 1.36
Distance - 4k
YTD - 14k.
Today was a day of again no plans, I did however do a large amount of squats throughout the day. Whenever I walked past the swiss ball I would complete a few sets. This I tell you has worked wonders. Weight bearing has improved significantly and the discomfort associated with doing the reps has subsided alot. I am on a good wicket, so I am going to continue to do this.
My leg was feeling great today after the exercises so I decided to go to the track. There is a session that Phil at the Run Inn usually organises, which is an interval/speed session and the start of each interval is handicapped, obviously the slower runners off first. It always totals 4k, split up into whatever he decides on the night. I arrived there about 6pm and done a couple of laps for warm up, there are usually a few there by this time, however tonight I was the first. This wasn't a good sign.
By 630pm the time when it actually starts Schultzy, another lady and myself were it. Phil turned up but due to lack of numbers there was no point him hanging around. So it was three of us, I was going to do some sort of session irrespective of numbers so we decided to do 2 x 800, 2 x 600, 3 x 400, with either a 200m or 400m jog recovery. A total of 4k.
I felt pretty good, my leg was much looser, being able to run a bit quicker now has brought me back to reality a little. I was pretty impressed that after the 10k run last weekend that my fitness wasn't too bad, but now that I am capable of running a faster pace I can really feel the fitness is lacking. All in all a good solid session.
2 x 800m - 3.20, 3.19
2 x 600m - 2.25, 2.20
3 x 400m - 1.35, 1.33, 1.36
Distance - 4k
YTD - 14k.
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Just Chill-n
It has been a pretty quite few days for me. After the Sunday 10k, I woke up feeling a little stiff on most parts of my legs. I was a little concerned that my knee looked a bit more swollen than before so I decided to do nothing on Monday.
Yesterday I woke up feeling alot better, the knee looked more normal, no more puffy than any other day. My wife, Cassandra and I decided the night before that we would go to the pool the next day. This is great exercise for pregnant women, and it will also give my legs another days rest. I decided to swim 20 laps (1k), and just broke these up into intervals depending on how I was feeling. Pretty much a junk session nothing really gained from it. However the water was nice and refreshing.
Last night I was doing some stretching, my knee has seemed to improve very slowly in regards to ROM. I think stretching needs to go hand in hand with strength work which is something I think I need to focus on more. I decided to look for my Swiss ball, I haven't used it very much so I went rummaging through boxes looking for it. I eventually found it, pumped it up, rolled it around, tormenting my dog for a while and then started doing some squats with it. There was quite a bit of discomfort doing this and I still need to use my good leg to support 80% of the weight to do this, but I think it will help. Slowly.
Today was another slow/lazy day, just doing some more squats. There has been no change when doing the squats from yesterday but I didn't expect this. I also found another activity that seems to work well. This is going to sound weird but I found a small bag with envelopes containing photos in it. I was sitting on the couch doing some small leg exercises and grabbed the bag which fits great over my foot. With the weight of the photos it gives my leg a good workout by doing leg extensions on the couch. The only problem is that the photos are ones from my wedding, not the professional ones, but the ones from the disposable cameras we had on the tables at the reception. Wife and weddings, bad Karma. Irrespective of the good that this important memorabilia is achieving I can see that it will not go down well. However I may be wrong, here's hoping.
Anyway, I dont have anything planned at this stage for the remainder of the week. I would like to go for a run with the Saturday running group at the Regatta, but this will remain fluid until Friday night. Happy Training
Yesterday I woke up feeling alot better, the knee looked more normal, no more puffy than any other day. My wife, Cassandra and I decided the night before that we would go to the pool the next day. This is great exercise for pregnant women, and it will also give my legs another days rest. I decided to swim 20 laps (1k), and just broke these up into intervals depending on how I was feeling. Pretty much a junk session nothing really gained from it. However the water was nice and refreshing.
Last night I was doing some stretching, my knee has seemed to improve very slowly in regards to ROM. I think stretching needs to go hand in hand with strength work which is something I think I need to focus on more. I decided to look for my Swiss ball, I haven't used it very much so I went rummaging through boxes looking for it. I eventually found it, pumped it up, rolled it around, tormenting my dog for a while and then started doing some squats with it. There was quite a bit of discomfort doing this and I still need to use my good leg to support 80% of the weight to do this, but I think it will help. Slowly.
Today was another slow/lazy day, just doing some more squats. There has been no change when doing the squats from yesterday but I didn't expect this. I also found another activity that seems to work well. This is going to sound weird but I found a small bag with envelopes containing photos in it. I was sitting on the couch doing some small leg exercises and grabbed the bag which fits great over my foot. With the weight of the photos it gives my leg a good workout by doing leg extensions on the couch. The only problem is that the photos are ones from my wedding, not the professional ones, but the ones from the disposable cameras we had on the tables at the reception. Wife and weddings, bad Karma. Irrespective of the good that this important memorabilia is achieving I can see that it will not go down well. However I may be wrong, here's hoping.
Anyway, I dont have anything planned at this stage for the remainder of the week. I would like to go for a run with the Saturday running group at the Regatta, but this will remain fluid until Friday night. Happy Training
Sunday, January 01, 2006
New Years Day Run
Today was my public runing debut with the Brisbane Road Runners, I arrived there about 550am and registered, the 10k runners had been called to the start as they usually start 30mins before the 5k, however it seemed pretty quite either the 5k runners hadn't arrived yet or there weren't any.
6am and the 10k started I was still standing on the side line and quickly decided to join them. The run was a 10k no watches run, where the competitors had to predict their time. The closest male and female to that time wins a prize. The course is very flat and is a 5k loop course, therefore 2 laps. My goal was to run 5k so I was only going to do 1 lap and pull out.
I joined the back of the pack and slowly worked my way through the back markers, by the 3 k mark I caught a smaller group and joined the back of the them. I was feeling pretty good, my leg was going ok and I was doing a pretty comfortable pace.
At the 3.5 k mark I caught up to a person wearing a cool running hat, on the back of the hat it said Tesso. I introduced myself, I have been reading Tesso's blog among others for a while and it was good to finally meet her in person. We got talking, which continued for the remainder of the run.
That's right, the remainder, I ran the whole 10k, so much for the 5k goal. It made it much easier having someone there next to me, talking etc, it actually made the distance pass quicker. I had no idea about the pace that we were running but Tesso's predicted time was 52.56.
The last Km I was starting to struggle abit, I don't think the pace slowed but it definently didn't get any faster. We ending up crossing the line together in a time of 49.06. So much for the prediction, sorry my fault :)
After the run I met a few other people, some I think are bloggers others make an appearance on the CR website. I was introduced to Nick ( Tesso's Kurrawa partner), Liz (Lizzle) and Eddie, I met a few others but sorry I forget, Ross and Steve I think??
The presentations started for the predicted times and a few luck draw prizes. For the male prize, Robbie picked his time spot on (42 mins) and Liz was a few seconds out for the female. They both won timex watches. The lucky draw prizes were drawn and Tesso's name was pulled in which she scored some BRRC running gear and then Claire who was the first female runner across the line won the other prize. So out of the group I was standing with 3 prizes were won, which was pretty good, however the males did seem to get the raw deal :)
I arrived home, feeling left out from not winning a prize, I checked my Lotto ticket and won $155. I can't complain about the day, I suceeded in my running debut by doubling my goal, met some nice people and won some money. Awesome.
Until next time.....
6am and the 10k started I was still standing on the side line and quickly decided to join them. The run was a 10k no watches run, where the competitors had to predict their time. The closest male and female to that time wins a prize. The course is very flat and is a 5k loop course, therefore 2 laps. My goal was to run 5k so I was only going to do 1 lap and pull out.
I joined the back of the pack and slowly worked my way through the back markers, by the 3 k mark I caught a smaller group and joined the back of the them. I was feeling pretty good, my leg was going ok and I was doing a pretty comfortable pace.
At the 3.5 k mark I caught up to a person wearing a cool running hat, on the back of the hat it said Tesso. I introduced myself, I have been reading Tesso's blog among others for a while and it was good to finally meet her in person. We got talking, which continued for the remainder of the run.
That's right, the remainder, I ran the whole 10k, so much for the 5k goal. It made it much easier having someone there next to me, talking etc, it actually made the distance pass quicker. I had no idea about the pace that we were running but Tesso's predicted time was 52.56.
The last Km I was starting to struggle abit, I don't think the pace slowed but it definently didn't get any faster. We ending up crossing the line together in a time of 49.06. So much for the prediction, sorry my fault :)
After the run I met a few other people, some I think are bloggers others make an appearance on the CR website. I was introduced to Nick ( Tesso's Kurrawa partner), Liz (Lizzle) and Eddie, I met a few others but sorry I forget, Ross and Steve I think??
The presentations started for the predicted times and a few luck draw prizes. For the male prize, Robbie picked his time spot on (42 mins) and Liz was a few seconds out for the female. They both won timex watches. The lucky draw prizes were drawn and Tesso's name was pulled in which she scored some BRRC running gear and then Claire who was the first female runner across the line won the other prize. So out of the group I was standing with 3 prizes were won, which was pretty good, however the males did seem to get the raw deal :)
I arrived home, feeling left out from not winning a prize, I checked my Lotto ticket and won $155. I can't complain about the day, I suceeded in my running debut by doubling my goal, met some nice people and won some money. Awesome.
Until next time.....
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