fartlek schmartlek
that was how i felt about training this morning. but i did have a giggle at coach Sean's t-shirt. On the front it said "FARTLEK" and the back said "its a running thing.. you wouldn't understand".
warmed up to the tune of 2.9k then I was programmed to do 5 x 1k fartlek loops. it just seemed like a hard slog, even before it started. Still somehow I was at the start line and the first 3 went by ok, was puffed but not about to collapse. Then lap 4 my knee started hurting. Woah - my brain started to go 'is this psychosomatic? did generate myself an injury cause i can't be bothered? is this karma for being a COMPLETE AND UTTER WHINGER this morning?'.
Either way I decided to stop just in case it was a real injury. I am also a little cautious after the run on sunday with no orthotics and no inner soles in my shoes. I have a massage with Gary next week which will hopefully iron out the kinks. Sean things from where the pain is - and he poked it nice and hard to be sure - that its not my knee but a hamstring tendon and stretching gently is ok but too much stretching is bad. So i walked and jogged home - another 4.3km and 7.2k all up for the morning.
woteva
and thanks flake for pointing out my position relative to the male athletes on sunday - nothing like a bit of a confidence boost from your mates :)
posted by Ellie80 @ 8:47 am
8 Comments:
Don't be too hard on yourself Ellie - its only four days since that triathlon.
It was a hard session this morning Ellie dont be hard on yourself I think we all struggled a bit. Keep up the good work.
razor
Cool t-shirt :-)
smart thinking - tris can knock you around the first few times. One of the reasons why is those first 2-3 km of the run. They don't feel like your legs, so as a result you may not be following your normal running form (let alone the issue with the sans-orthotics run). Take it easy before the weekend :)
I wondered what had happened to you at SWEAT this morning. You must have left before I finished (not difficult as I was last!!!)
Rest up before the weekend.
I love fatlek....
Hope the knee starts behaving.
Gee they are all so nice.... so I will be mean! Wus!! hahaha... teasing ;-)
3 laps is still a bloody good effort.... it felt tough this morning!~ I lamed the humidity.
I hope the hammy is OK. Good idea to stop early Ellie (that's a smart running thing).
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