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The Boggers Log
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ThebitterLemon wrote: »Fri 2nd-thur 8th: no running.
I did 3 x 80 mins walks and 3 S&C sessions.
A bit of a concern is the pounds are starting to go back on. No running and comfort eating is a double whammy so I need to carefully keep it in check. I'm almost a stone heavier that I was last October.
Fri: surgeon said to start running again but no hills or twisting/turning. Did 4 miles easy around the grass pitch, spent too much time worrying that I'd twist my knee on the uneven surface and not enough time enjoying it!
Sat: late evening run, 5 miles easy on local roads, felt surprisingly stiff!
Sun: did a family relay with the 3 kids, the 7 year old ran his 1.7 miles without stopping or complaining, the two teenagers, mother of God, moaning and groaning before, durning and after!
5 miles very easy.
Pm: got out for another easy 4 miles.
9 miles for the day.
Short term goals: (next 10 days)
- I want to run 50 easy miles next week.
- clean up the diet and lose the few extra pounds put on over last 2 weeks
- 3 S&C sessions
- 1 session in the pool with 10 easy front crawl lengths. (It better be a small pool
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TbL
Just catching up too - sorry to hear you're in grief. Hopefully you'll be back at it fully soon. Don't knock the pool as an alternative - I've taken to it recently of necessity along with the bike & I'm definitely moving more freely. Good luck with the op & the recovery.0 -
Currently working on a very short term goal approach, with a 10 day block horizon as I think this will help me achieve more and also give less wiggle room for excuses. A goal of running a sub 3 this year is too general and allows to much latitude for shifting the goal posts.
Completing shorter objectives will also obviously help with the sub 3 target. I've also decided that I don't need to put undue pressure on myself to run a sub 3 while being miserable and carrying a hape of niggles. So I'm not committing to anything apart from getting fit and strong at this stage.
Anyway that geriatric Itizger just ran sub 3 and he's older than me
Mon: decided to run at lunchtime and I was in the vicinity of St Endas school so I parked up and did 5 miles at around 8.30 pace around the pitches. Haven't been up there in 35 years (the place hasn't changes much) and the pitch isn't as flat as Dangan so I'll probably only run there again if no other option. One side of the pitch is along the boundary of Salthill golf club and there was plenty of middle aged fat lads driving carts after a small white ball. I was thinking the knee better heal up as I'd rather be a one legged high jumper than a golfer!
5 miles @ 8.31
After work I went for my S&C session, today we concentrated on core work and I was really put through my paces. The guy is very good and is currently working with the Galway footballers. (They did look strong as they put Mayo to the sword again!) Don't enjoy doing it but always feel good afterwards.
I'm back on "My Fitness Pal" which really worked well for me last year. The discipline to accurately record everything you eat and the calorie intake display really force you to carefully manage what you eat. I must have been consuming 6000 calories a day over the last few weeks!!!
Tuesday: heading to London for the next few days. Was up early to get a run in, ran the 1.5 miles up to the local GA pitch, did 3 miles around that and jogged home.
6 miles @ 8.27
Landed at my hotel late evening, knee was stiff after the flight and driving, room service or a run?? I was on the way over to hit the hotel treadmill for 3 miles when I realised it would be bright for another while yet. Did a 3 mile Nursing Home Special on a badly cut up narrow path, as cars whizzed past. Very slow to start but finished it feeling a lot better.
3 miles @ 8.59
9 miles for the day.
Good start, need to keep the momentum going.
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OOnegative wrote: »Don't forget to get the gastric band fitted to, help with that gut of yours.
It's buy one get one free surgery day so I'm having the mole on my arse, the one that intrigued you so much that day down at the canal, removed.
Tnx Annie
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ThebitterLemon wrote: »It's buy one get one free surgery day so I'm having the mole on my arse, the one that intrigued you so much that day down at the canal, removed.
Tnx Annie
TbL
You swore blind that day that it wasn't a mole it was a beauty spot, fooking liar!!!0 -
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In and out in the day.
Was nervous as the last time I was under a general anaesthetic was over 40 years ago! Superb care and professionalism in Galway Clinic and the surgeon was absolutely fantastic.
The anaesthetist was a gas man, was chatting about running and said he did 5k's and his pb was...
Next thing I woke up in another area surrounded by other patients either still asleep or coming around, it was all a bit surreal.
Surgeon came around and said all went very well with no surprises, so happy enough with that.
Felt a bit ropey after the GA and the journey home wasn't that pleasant.
I'm minus half a meniscus but I've been told I should be able to continue marathon running.
Started some exercises today, more tomorrow, gentle swimming and cycling in 6 days (provided wound healed) followed by a slow return to running.
All in all happy with the prognosis.
Ive also got a tummy tuck, lost the double chin and am down to a 28A cheat size
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ThebitterLemon wrote: »All in all happy with the prognosis.
Ive also got a tummy tuck, lost the double chin and am down to a 28A cheat size
TbL
What the heck is a cheat size
I'm fairly sure the lowest you can go is 32 btw.... 
Glad to hear it went well, even gladder to hear you'll be swimming and biking. Don't forget the yoga!
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With apologies in advance for the lack of running on a running forum but posting here is inextricably linked to my running for the last few years and I'm trying to convince myself that I'm back "training"
I think it was A Quinn that advised to use a good physio to monitor your rehab and I should have heeded this advise from the get go. You are somewhat left to your own devises when you leave the hospital, I got a sheet of exercises from the hospital physio and about 5 minutes explaining them, and that was it. I e-mailed the physio department at the hospital a week ago, asking a couple of questions and I'm still waiting for a response.
Decided to take matters into my own hands and see my own physio last Monday and I was glad I did. I was concerned that I was overdoing it and that was why my knee was stiff/sore. She spent a good bit of time assessing me and came to the conclusion that I wasn't doing enough exercises or knee mobility. Was told no running at all for the week, got new exercises and was told to embrace my inner tri fairy and hit the pool and bike.
Since Monday I've embraced a Captain Ahab like whale obsession to rehabilitation, Captain Rehab at the ready.
Tuesday:
3 x 20 exercise routine, knee massage and 4 mile walk.
Wednesday:
-early morning physio.
- hit the watt bike in the gym, had to be shown how to set it up. Did a warm up for 20 mins and then 5 x 1 min at a faster pace. Interestingly even with a sore knee the right leg was producing more power than the left leg.
- hit the pool, mother of mercy, I swim like a 3 legged hippo on acid and at one stage I ended up with a mouthful of the lane separating rope!!!
Water was flying everywhere and I only managed 6 lengths "freestyle" before I calved.
- a few lengths of pool jogging
- cyro bath
Thursday:
- 3.5 mile early morning walk followed by a massage.
- lunchtime, hit the watt bike again. Another 20 min warm up followed by some fast 1 minute intervals. I had planned on doing 6 faster reps but only managed 3 as I was knackered. Did the faster stuff at 300 watts and 120 rpm. I'm sure some tri fairy will tell me that that probably generated enough power to get a child's tricycle up a slight incline
- did some jogging lengths of the pool.
- evening 2 mile walk followed by exercises.
Knee vastly improvement since Monday and hopefully I'll be gentle jogging on the pitch shortly.
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Good to see you on the road to recovery, C. Keep up the good work. A month of that kind of stuff and you won't know yourself when you do get back to full running. If you have the option I would favour the pool rather than the pitch as your location of choice for running for the time being. You will get far more bang for your buck and we all know you're a value for money kinda guy 0
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