Recovery mode...
Wednesday 14/03/07:
Despite a storm hitting Auckland last night and wild weather sweeping over most of the country today, I did get out for a recovery jog this morning. I was fairly lucky actually - it was windy but I got round in between showers of rain. But within a couple of minutes of getting back inside, down it came again. After about 3 weeks with virtually no rain, its certainly made up for it today!
Had really stiff, sore hips when I woke up, but moving around helped and by the time I'd done a bit of walking, everything was feeling much looser.
Brisk walk warmup: 5mins
Easy paced run: 26.41mins, 5.08km, Ave 5.15min/km, Max 4.23min/km.
Brisk walk cooldown: 5mins
I was actually surprised by how good I felt on the run - even tho I was taking it easy and running "gently". The only thing that actually hurt was my right ankle and the area above and around it, and even that was only muscular-type pain. It was much cooler this morning and I didn't even break a sweat - the only time I got above a jog was to cross the main road!
After work I went for my massage, told her all about the HM and told her which bits were still sore. Think she went abit easier on me tonight and the glutes, hammies and calves weren't too much of a problem, but the quads, adductors and down the sides of my shins were pretty bad and my whole right leg was worse than the left for some reason. She also gave the ligaments and muscles round my ankle a good going over.
Tonight I'm feeling absolutely grotty - no doubt that the dreaded head cold is now on its way, good and proper... I've had a sore, scratchy throat all day and tonight my nose is stuffy and sore too. Crap! Oh well, at least it wasn't before the HM. Think I'll rest up tomorrow and see how I feel by Friday morning for another gentle run.
Love the photos of Ewen and 2P @ SFT!! Can't believe they're both smiling in every one!!
Oh and if anyone thinks Lost is going to start making sense any time soon (Beki!) - trust me, its not! Just watched the latest episode in series 3... Crazy stuff!
Despite a storm hitting Auckland last night and wild weather sweeping over most of the country today, I did get out for a recovery jog this morning. I was fairly lucky actually - it was windy but I got round in between showers of rain. But within a couple of minutes of getting back inside, down it came again. After about 3 weeks with virtually no rain, its certainly made up for it today!
Had really stiff, sore hips when I woke up, but moving around helped and by the time I'd done a bit of walking, everything was feeling much looser.
Brisk walk warmup: 5mins
Easy paced run: 26.41mins, 5.08km, Ave 5.15min/km, Max 4.23min/km.
Brisk walk cooldown: 5mins
I was actually surprised by how good I felt on the run - even tho I was taking it easy and running "gently". The only thing that actually hurt was my right ankle and the area above and around it, and even that was only muscular-type pain. It was much cooler this morning and I didn't even break a sweat - the only time I got above a jog was to cross the main road!
After work I went for my massage, told her all about the HM and told her which bits were still sore. Think she went abit easier on me tonight and the glutes, hammies and calves weren't too much of a problem, but the quads, adductors and down the sides of my shins were pretty bad and my whole right leg was worse than the left for some reason. She also gave the ligaments and muscles round my ankle a good going over.
Tonight I'm feeling absolutely grotty - no doubt that the dreaded head cold is now on its way, good and proper... I've had a sore, scratchy throat all day and tonight my nose is stuffy and sore too. Crap! Oh well, at least it wasn't before the HM. Think I'll rest up tomorrow and see how I feel by Friday morning for another gentle run.
Love the photos of Ewen and 2P @ SFT!! Can't believe they're both smiling in every one!!
Oh and if anyone thinks Lost is going to start making sense any time soon (Beki!) - trust me, its not! Just watched the latest episode in series 3... Crazy stuff!
posted by Vicky @ 3/14/2007 08:55:00 pm
6 Comments:
At Wed Mar 14, 11:18:00 pm,
Anonymous said…
I love a good storm, we haven't had one in ages.
I have a theory that god in a runner, the bad weather always hits after I finish a run :-)
I had a good look at those race photo's, great scenery shame the whole course wasn't like that.
Take it easy, I am not surprised a cold has hit you, hope you are OK for your night out.
At Thu Mar 15, 11:12:00 am,
Celeste said…
I love reading about your runs because you always make it sound so easy! A gentle comfortable slow recovery run at 5min k's!! Sigh.
At Thu Mar 15, 03:53:00 pm,
beakus said…
I'm like Em, absolutely love a big storm :o) belated congrats on the HM MAR, even though it sounds b****y tough, 1:42 is a fantastic time.
Just treat yourself gently with that cold, I guess after the effort of the race it's kind of inevitable it would come out. Enjoy the recovery, you definitely deserve it.
B.
At Thu Mar 15, 05:01:00 pm,
TD said…
Sorry to see you have come down with the dreaded post-race lergy. With you being a good runner I am sure you will be back up in action quicker than you think.
At Fri Mar 16, 12:23:00 am,
2P said…
Hehe never confuse maniacal sniggering with a smile ;-)
Hope the lurgy doesn't get too good a hold on you MAR.
At Sat Mar 17, 12:24:00 am,
Ewen said…
As 2P said, with practise it's amazing how you can make a grimace look like a smile.
Hope you were feeling well enough for the party. Don't forget the photos ;)
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