Happy New Year everyone.
Monday: Race- Ronhill Cambuslang Down By The River Race- Cross Country, 4.1 miles approx, 1st in 21:22, 5 miles approx including warm down.
Tuesday: AM: 7-7.5 miles easy (49:14), PM: 3.5 miles easy (23:24).
Wednesday: 5 miles high tempo (28:03), 5 minute jog warm down.
Thursday: Hill reps, High Point, 8 circuits, running hard off the top of the hill, jogging flat only (reps total- 19 minutes), 5.5-6 miles including warm up and warm down.
Friday: Interval session, 1 min, 3 mins, 5 mins, 3 mins, 1 min, all with 3 min jog recoveries, 5.75 miles total (47:56) including warm up and warm down.
Saturday: Long run, Whitelee Windfarm and back, 46 mins out. 20 mins easy then intervals- 4 mins, 1 min, 2 mins, 4 mins, 1 min, 2 mins, 1 min, 2 mins all with 5 min jogs in between, 14 miles total (1:31:39).
Sunday: Race- Beith Harriers 4.8 Mile Road Race, Kilbirnie, Ayrshire- 3rd in 22:55.
Mileage- 53
Two things amaze me about this week. Firstly, that I managed to do 53 miles. Secondly, that I ran every day. In the week up to Christmas, I started having trouble with niggling discomfort in my right knee. By Wednesday 22nd December, I was in pain. My 5 mile tempo run that night ended after 5 minutes and I went to the club curry night that evening feeling quite sorry for myself. I wrote off the rest of the week, treating myself with ice packs and deep heat and not running again until an uncomfortable 7 mile plod on Boxing Day, giving me a total mileage for the week of 25.
Despite this, I was eager to race for the first time in 7 weeks. I was pain free when earning a hard fought win in the cross country organised by the club. Tuesday was depressing. East Kilbride was like an ice rink due to rain falling on the snow and I struggled through 2 runs with a sharp shooting pain to the left of my knee cap. This was the first time in 4 years I'd had to cope with an injury and I was a difficult patient. I drove through to Cambuslang on Wednesday morning to try the club "Hampden run" as a tempo run but had to give up after less than 5 minutes in pain. I could have cried with frustration. I was all set to go to a physio but my Dad talked me out of it, convincing me he had one more solution.
He persuaded me to go into Glasgow that afternoon for the shopping trip we had planned. He took me to Boots Chemist where I purchased a knee strap which I immediately wrapped around my right leg just below the knee cap. Within a few minutes, I started noticing a difference. I really didn't want to wait until the next day to try a run so, despite having had a fish tea only a couple of hours earlier, I tried a tempo run wearing the knee strap. Stiffness at the end but no pain. I was relieved beyond words.
In light of my disrupted build up, I abandoned my planned 1500m race and tackled my usual hill session on Thursday. It went brilliantly. I was ecstatic. I paced Kirsty through a cross country interval session on New Years Eve. It wasn't far off the sort of session I would do myself. She coped very well. I enjoyed that night far more than Christmas when I felt rather miserable. It was a late night but I didn't drink a lot and got out my long run on New Years Day before 12 noon. It's another session I lifted from Charlie Spedding's book and tweaked a little. I felt tremendous. Sunday's race was beyond good. A report and photos will follow in a future post.
I am still getting some stiffness in the knee but nothing like the discomfort I previously had. I am continuing to train and race with the knee strap for now and the deep heat treatment is ongoing.
Despite this, I was eager to race for the first time in 7 weeks. I was pain free when earning a hard fought win in the cross country organised by the club. Tuesday was depressing. East Kilbride was like an ice rink due to rain falling on the snow and I struggled through 2 runs with a sharp shooting pain to the left of my knee cap. This was the first time in 4 years I'd had to cope with an injury and I was a difficult patient. I drove through to Cambuslang on Wednesday morning to try the club "Hampden run" as a tempo run but had to give up after less than 5 minutes in pain. I could have cried with frustration. I was all set to go to a physio but my Dad talked me out of it, convincing me he had one more solution.
He persuaded me to go into Glasgow that afternoon for the shopping trip we had planned. He took me to Boots Chemist where I purchased a knee strap which I immediately wrapped around my right leg just below the knee cap. Within a few minutes, I started noticing a difference. I really didn't want to wait until the next day to try a run so, despite having had a fish tea only a couple of hours earlier, I tried a tempo run wearing the knee strap. Stiffness at the end but no pain. I was relieved beyond words.
In light of my disrupted build up, I abandoned my planned 1500m race and tackled my usual hill session on Thursday. It went brilliantly. I was ecstatic. I paced Kirsty through a cross country interval session on New Years Eve. It wasn't far off the sort of session I would do myself. She coped very well. I enjoyed that night far more than Christmas when I felt rather miserable. It was a late night but I didn't drink a lot and got out my long run on New Years Day before 12 noon. It's another session I lifted from Charlie Spedding's book and tweaked a little. I felt tremendous. Sunday's race was beyond good. A report and photos will follow in a future post.
I am still getting some stiffness in the knee but nothing like the discomfort I previously had. I am continuing to train and race with the knee strap for now and the deep heat treatment is ongoing.
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