Again and again

morceli

How is the calf holding up to the training you seems to have had a very good run at it the past while, have you found the secret to keeping the injury at bay?

gerard_65

morceli wrote: »

How is the calf holding up to the training you seems to have had a very good run at it the past while, have you found the secret to keeping the injury at bay?

Foam rolling before and after training seems to have done the trick. When I started my calfs felt full of lumps/knots, after a couple of weeks working with the roller they were much better. If I don't foam roll for a couple of days I can feel the calfs tightening again.

gerard_65

19th Jan 14
A bad nights sleep on Friday night put pay to my planned race yesterday morning. Just couldn't face a 5 mile XC race in the rain after only a couple of hours sleep, so used it as a rest day. I usually sleep well but some stuff in my life atm which kept going around my head all night. Today I ran up to Tymon Park, one lap and back home. 10 mls, felt good.

gerard_65

20th Jan 14
5 tired miles. Not sure if its over-training or just my bad mood.:(

BeepBeep67

gerard_65 wrote: »

20th Jan 14
5 tired miles. Not sure if its over-training or just my bad mood.:(

Today is Blue Monday - you're excused :pac:

gerard_65

21st Jan 14
Club session. 10 x 250m hills. Started slowly but eventually got going. Blasted the last one.

22nd Jan 14
Just over 5 miles easy.

gerard_65

23rd Jan 14
Club session tonight. 1 x 1.22mls, 1 x 2mls, 1 x .75mls. This was a repeat of a session we did about 2 weeks ago along the Firhouse road. Much faster tonight. Might test myself in the parkrun in a couple of weeks. 5.6 mls in total.

gerard_65

24th Jan 14
Rest

25th Jan 14
Long run up to the hellfire club this morning. St. Enda's park, Marley Park, Masseys Wood and up to the top of the mountain. Started in the sun and breeze, finished feeling like I was getting sandblasted with hail. Never so happy to jump into a hot shower when I got home. Just over 15mls.

gerard_65

20th Feb 14
Its been a few weeks. Planter fasciitis sidelined me. My own fault, too much too soon. Stretching the sole of my foot and rolling an small bottle under my foot over the last few days seemed to have helped. Decided to see how it was to run on tonight and did 30 mins easy. Still not 100%. I'll see how I get on tomorrow.

Ososlo

gerard_65 wrote: »

20th Feb 14
Its been a few weeks. Planter fasciitis sidelined me. My own fault, too much too soon. Stretching the sole of my foot and rolling an small bottle under my foot over the last few days seemed to have helped. Decided to see how it was to run on tonight and did 30 mins easy. Still not 100%. I'll see how I get on tomorrow.

best of luck with it. Not running sucks:mad:
Really hope you're back in full running form soon:)

gerard_65

21st Feb 14
Another easy 30 mins this evening. Better than last night, just an occasional ache in my heal. Didn't notice any discomfort today walking around town. Bought a new pair of supernova's for €85 reduced from €115. Good day so:)

Ososlo

gerard_65 wrote: »

21st Feb 14
Another easy 30 mins this evening. Better than last night, just an occasional ache in my heal. Didn't notice any discomfort today walking around town. Bought a new pair of supernova's for €85 reduced from €115. Good day so:)

Delighted to hear of the improvement.
You could give these exercises a go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZCsjmN1LEM

can't do any harm anyways.
Best of luck with the build up.

gerard_65

Ososlo wrote: »

Delighted to hear of the improvement.
You could give these exercises a go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZCsjmN1LEM

can't do any harm anyways.
Best of luck with the build up.

Been doing a few of those along with some advice marthastew gave me last Sat. Have really helped and in a short space of time. Hopefully the new shoes will help, just walking around in them I can compare them to my older one's which have lost a lot of support, but there is about 2000 mls on them:eek:

gerard_65

22nd Feb 14
30 mins easy today. Slight discomfort but nothing major. When up to Marley to help out at the parkrun this morning, over 500 running. My reputation for always been injured precedes me:(. Will have to start training smarter.

AJAYC

Thanks for the cheer earlier, badly needed. Take it handy with the comeback.

jcsmum

Really sorry to hear that G, hope you're back at the club soon.

gerard_65

24th Feb 14
Took yesterday off. 5 mls today. On a scale of 1 - 5 the pain in my heal was about 1, so far so good;).
Thanks K, hopefully back in a few weeks.

gerard_65

25th Feb 14
5 mls this evening. Didn't even think of the heal listening to Deep Purple - Made in Japan. Continuing to roll the iced bottle under my foot.

gerard_65

26th Feb 14
5 mls in Bushy Park. A little tired.

Ososlo

gerard_65 wrote: »

26th Feb 14
5 mls in Bushy Park. A little tired.

No trouble from the heel?

gerard_65

Ososlo wrote: »

No trouble from the heel?

Actually forgot about it. Seems to have cleared up now. Still using the ice bottle and stretching, but seems good now:) Good to read your back as well;)

Ososlo

gerard_65 wrote: »

Actually forgot about it. Seems to have cleared up now. Still using the ice bottle and stretching, but seems good now:) Good to read your back as well;)

Great to hear that. Happy running:) and be careful out there!!!

gerard_65

27th Feb 14
Another 5 mls in Bushy. Grand stretch in the evenings:rolleyes:


'Find your place in the eye of the storm'

gerard_65

28th Feb 14
And another 5 mls. Legs not so tired today.




'Close your eyes and you will find your way out of the dark'

gerard_65

1st Mar 14
8 nice and easy mls this morning. Forgot to roll my foot after yesterdays run and a bit of an ache this morning at the start of my run. Eased out after a mile or so but need to keep the rehab up.

gerard_65

3rd Mar 14
6 mls in Bushy. Took a rest yesterday so this run felt great. Maybe a bit fast. Try to back off tomorrow.
33.4 mls last week.

gerard_65

4th Mar 14
Just over 6 mls this evening. Great weather for it. Managed to keep my avg pace about 30 sec slower than yesterday. Maybe I'm learning;)

gerard_65

5th Mar 14
6 mls with 4 tempo. Happy with this. The tempo mls where kept just below an uncomfortable zone, the way they should be (I think). I usually do these too fast. Easy for the next two days.

Ososlo

gerard_65 wrote: »

5th Mar 14
6 mls with 4 tempo. Happy with this. The tempo mls where kept just below an uncomfortable zone, the way they should be (I think). I usually do these too fast. Easy for the next two days.

Great stuff. Good to see you back on track!

gerard_65

6th Mar 14
6 mls easy. Picked up a head cold. Hopefully I can get rid of it quickly.