The Boggers Log

Monday: plan called for rest day. Had a S&C session that focussed on mobility as despite very little running last week I was very stiff and tight.

Tuesday: plan called for 6 miles easy, was still quite stiff and wasn't feeling the love so I called it a day after 5 easy miles around local roads.

Wednesday: called for a session, I was supposed to do this one last week but I was sick. I wasn't looking forward to this at all as it looked like a tough one.

2 mile warm up, 6 min (3 min recovery) 3x2min(90 rec) 5 min (3 min ref) 4x1 min (75 rec) 4 min @ 6.30 pace 2 mile cd.

I made a total balls of this session, once I started it I got confused with the recoveries and I think Santa needs to deliver a new Garmin coz the paces seemed to be all over the place.

Got the warm up done around the pitches in Dangan and did the faster stuff along the compact path beside the river. Don't know what happened on the first rep but I did 5 minutes instead of 6, and I was so pissed off I nearly canned the rest off it. Decided to do 6 mins instead of the 5 for the next block and after the 3 minutes recovery I started on the 2 minute reps. I couldn't remember what the recovery was so I took a minute after each 2 min rep. After the 3 x 2 mins I then took 3 minutes recovery but I'm not sure I was supposed to do this. On the 4 x 1 min reps I only took 30 seconds recovery between each rep but after the set I again took 3 minutes recovery before starting the 4 minutes rep.

All my own fault and all over the place but at least I got 25 minutes running done at a decent clip.

If I turn up for Athenry it definitely won't be fast, you can put lipstick on a pig but that doesn't make it pretty

5 mins @ 6.23
3 x 2 mins @ 6.10, 6.11, 6.18
6 mins @ 6.27
4 x 1 min @ 5.59, 5.52, 6.04, 6.20
4 mins @ 6.18

TbL

ger664 wrote: »

He did sub 44 by the skin of his pants.

No I didn't.

The skin of my pants is currently at least 2 minutes

TbL

The last few weeks have been very frustrating. I started getting niggles in my calfs, then in my ankles and they it spread to my hammys, quads and ITB. I get them worked on and they'd temporarily disappear only to quickly reappear. It wasn't stopping me running but it wasn't exactly comfortable either. I then started to get a fairly nasty nervy pain in my back/arse that would send flashes of pain all the way down my leg. Was very pissed off as I was finally getting back into it and all off very low mileage.

I had planned on doing the Resolution run on New Year's Day but when I got out of bed I could hardly straighten my back without pain so I gave it a miss. Tried some stretches and some short runs but it wasn't getting better so made a appointment with the physio. Looks like I'd aggravated a disc in my back and my glutes have also completely locked up. It's over a week since my first visit and the back has much improved but the glute is still not releasing. She had me sobbing today as needled it but it's still at me.

I'd to travel to London today which wasn't ideal as sitting for any extended period really sets it off. I haven't been in a plane in 3 weeks which must be a record for me and I nearly broke out in hives at the thought of it as I was boarding this afternoon! Hopefully this year I won't have much travel to do as I've changed roles in the company and the physio said all the travelling certainly isn't helping.

I'm staying in a really good hotel in the New Hampshire forest and I'm looking forward to just taking it easy this week and trying to get some easy running done every second day.

I've put all the weight I'd lost back on with interest so I need to tackle that too, I'm currently a real fat bastid even for a hobby jogger.

I'm not going to call out any target for 2018 as I just want to get back fit and out of elasticated pants!

TbL [14.6]

OOnegative wrote: »

14.6 in stones??

Well in ain't tonne!!!

Yes unfortunately

Even my eyelids are flopping!

TbL

Ha.

I've actually lost a few pounds in the last 2 weeks despite almost no running.

The words of the previous Man City footballer Mario Ballotelli spring to mind "why always me?"

Last week I was in the UK with work staying in a really nice hotel in Hampshire, Conde Nast have it as one of the UKs top 20 hotels.

The body seemed to be degrading piece by piece and I was getting a couple of different diagnoses in Galway, from glutes to hips to piriformis, so I decided to only run easy every second day, enjoy the hotel and see if it would settle down. Great spa with outdoor hot tub and I hit the treadmill twice over the week. The first time I'd to stop after 2k and roll my arse on a sliotar before starting again and getting 5k done. The next time I got 5k done in one go but I'd get random severe pain, tingling and pins and needles all down my right leg and into my big toe. The calf pain was particularly sore but when I got it massaged they couldn't find any knots!!

Sitting for any length of time also seem to set it off, physio thought it might be an aggravated piriformis coupled with weak glutes. Got loads of exercises and was told to grab, squeeze and lift up a handful of my arse periodically while running when the pain was kicking in.

Sounds daft and probably looked dafter, I certainly got some strange looks from the guys training on the GA pitch, an 50 year auld lad doing laps while grabbing his ass and grunting It did seem to help reduce the pain though!

Every morning I'd get up and there seemed to be a significant improvement but by the evening time I was very very sore. I ran on the roads early yesterday morning and it seemed ok but a couple of hours later it was worse than ever.

Spoke to an osteopath yesterday and he diagnosed a herniated disc. I passed the "power" test so it appears that it isn't extreme but I need to rehab it very carefully and it probably means weeks of no running.

I was supposed to go skiing with a friend of mine for the rest of the week in Austria and had hoped to kick off again on my return but I had to cancel the skiing and now I'm at a cross roads.

This log was supposed to chronicle my road to a sub 3 but it's turned into drama after drama, I'm no closer to that goal, indeed I've probably never been further away and this morning I'm questioning whether I've the motivation to continue. Last Year was a disaster running wise and this year has gotten off to a terrible start.


Feels like the straw that broke the camels back (no pun intended)!

TbrokenL