Running Again!
Ok, so it was only 5 intervals of a minute but it was still running. And it felt good.
So after 3 weeks completely off and then 6 weeks of just playing it by ear, tomorrow I start the real thing. No more sloughing off a workout because I was out late. No more just going through the motions in the gym or at workouts. No more eating or drinking whatever I feel like. It's time to set the wheels in motion for a great 2010.
The main impetus for getting myself focused? Despite missing provincials and the final TriBC elite criteria I may still be able to race elite next year. I've been told to apply in January with my race results and include evidence of my injury and they'll go from there. So tomorrow I'm going to get a copy of my CT scan report and start building my case.
So for now it's about preparing as if I'm going to be racing elite. Step 1: Start running again (check!). Step 2: Get a new indoor trainer so I can ride even though the days are short now.
Song du Jour
Just decompressing after three days of workshops on teaching math in Whistler. Also discovering the genius of Delicious. Tomorrow I'll update how training is going (it involves running again).
Until then some fun with another song du jour...
Oh wake up, you’re getting old
I’ve been dreaming about mountains, you’ve been dreaming about gold
And if I ever make it home
Oh if I ever make it home
And my key won’t open the door
Well I’ve been thinking about selling off every shirt I own
To stand naked out here in the cold
Just trying to make it out on my own
Well oh my God it stills means a lot to me
Oh my God it still means a lot to you
Oh my God it still means a lot to me
Well the pretty girl said to me
You gotta take all the little pieces and put ‘em in one big box
And just throw away the key
And don’t you ever show it to me
Said I made that mistake before
And came home to find my life just spilled out on the floors
And she was trying to make some room for more
Trying to make some room for more
Well oh my God it stills means a lot to me
Oh my God it still means a lot to you
Oh my God it still means a lot to me
Song du Jour
Dan Mangan - Robots
Oh I don't know what you've been told
But I don't get out much these days
Waking young and feeling old
The days are no longer my own,
To piss away the waking hours
But don't, don't don't, don't let them go
oh don't, don't don't, don't let them go to waste
The fire in my eye is fleeting now
Your robot heart is bleeding
Tried to be the Robot King
And settled for the robot boy
Ring the bells that still can ring
And sing your stupid head off
To the ones who are not listening
But don't, don't don't, don't let them go
Don't don't, don't don't, don't let them go to waste
The fire in my eye is fleeting now
Your robot heart is bleeding out
And I spent half of my life
In the customer service line
Flaws in the design
A sign of the times
And that little voice
In the back of your mind
Just wants you to know
Just hopes that you know
Robots need love too
They want to be loved by you
They want to be loved by you
They want to be loved by you
6 Weeks and Counting…
It's been a while and I don't think I ever wrote this definitively but it was a stress fracture in my left foot that had me hobbling after Kelowna. Turned out that it was bad enough that it probably would have shown up on an x-ray (hence the nasty swelling and bruising after the race). Luckily it was far down in a toe and would heal fairly fast (roughly 6-8 weeks).
It's been 6 weeks today since I've run and other than a tiny bit of swelling still left, I don't notice it at all anymore. I don't want to rush back to running though as too much running is probably what caused it in the first place and there are no big races for a long time.
My school has a treadmill now so I'm going to start doing walks with a solid incline to hopefully get my heart rate up for a couple weeks before I start walk/running. Never been so enthused about walking.
In the meantime I've begun swimming with the Dolphins' swim club at VAC and getting in some bike rides in this great fall weather and in spin classes with Larry.
It's been very informal without much structure lately. A couple of morning swims, a tough bike session Mondays, a long easy ride Saturday, a medium ride during the week, and a couple times in the gym each week.
The toughest part has been staying motivated. Without the clear focus of set goals and plan to get there, the battle to be swimming at 5:30 am is a tough one for me.
So soon enough I'll put together a concrete plan for next season but before that I need to set my goals for the season. With some spare time today I'm thinking I'll start that process. Until then, I just have to enjoy the "break".
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Calendar
Leading Edge
- LETC this week March 8, 2010Nice work LETC! The 5000 m run times from last week were some of the best we’ve seen! Your hard work is paying off! Results will be posted soon if they are not up already. And what can we say about the combined functional movement and swim session Sunday- definitely saw a few green faces [...] […]
Martina Wan
- S4 Week 21 – Vancouver 2010 Olympics March 3, 2010What an amazing 2 weeks it has been! and what a way to end the games with Canada beating the US in a nail-biter hockey finals on Sunday!! It was the perfect ending to the games, too perfect as it was sad to be over! Canada winning 14 Gold medals is incredible and we should [...] […]
Engineered Athletes
- Rough Day At Work? You Won’t Feel Like Exercising September 25, 2009The experience of wise coaches and behaviour of World Class athletes supports the importance of controlling your environment to ensure peak performance. Around major games and important events, the need to minimize distractions is often a priority. So what are the implications of this in daily sport or an active healthy lifestyle? It can be as [...] […]
Tri Thinking Pink
- Seven photos for seven days March 8, 2010Yeah. I'm a slacker. Here are the past week's photos. A compilation of Spring has SprungMarch 1: around the corner from us March 2: Across the alleyMarch 3: The purple flowers I see from my kitchenMarch 4: Cherry blossoms or are those beechwoods?March 5: Date night - on a patio in Kits with wine and good foodMarch 6: More pretty pink things. I love […]
Alive With Sport
- Seven for Seven February 8, 2010I’m 7/7 in the Feb bike challenge! It’s Monday and I have to admit, my legs are tired. Riding 1hr on your bike isn’t actually that much, but I’m feeling it. With such a busy weekend**, scheduling workouts was a challenge (Sunday included a 6am trainer ride and a 9pm speed endurance [...] […]
Tri’n Fool
- The week in review March 8, 2010"Week in review" sounds much better than "I'm totally behind on posting."I blame drugs and alcohol!Robaxicet on Wednesday, and no photo that day. I put my back out changing my bike brakes the previous Sunday and that threw me off from workouts and life in general for the week. The back is mostly better but I'm still babying it a […]