Man! I feel like a runner

Not much to report in here except walking is getting pretty f**king boring. I'll end up on the bike yet.

I've been an absolute goody-two-shoes with the resting and rehab etc and STILL the progress is very, very slow... I thought it was much improved last week but then spent the weekend in a lot of pain again :rolleyes: I thought I had an idea of how slow a tear would be to repair but turns out I really had no idea. Sigh.

And yes, this is a self-indulgent woe-is-me post

OOnegative wrote:

Isn’t that Offaly GAA’s motto........

Ha that's gonna change with our new sponsor

Funny how a total of 7.5 mins running can bump the spirits up :cool:
15 mins, 30 seconds on and 30 off. Those 30 seconds running went by far too quickly but hey, I was so happy to be running :pac:

The main takeaway is there was no pain. Some tiredness in the calf by the end, so I definitely need to take this slowly, but I'll keep strengthening it also. Feeling hopeful, will try get a few more similar 'runs' in this week.

May 24-30th
(This update is really just for me to keep a record of the rehab).

3 more short run-walk efforts this week.
Tues, I pushed out to 45 second run intervals and for a max of 20 mins. The calf was a little tight after but some foam rolling and stretching soon helped.
I kept with 45 seconds on Thursday just to be safe with the tightness and all good.
Sunday I went to 1 min intervals and for just over 25 mins. Timed it badly in the local GAA down home with the Seniors arriving for early training while I'm doing my little run :rolleyes:

I've still been doing my usual 2 x 45 mins S&C sessions a week, but have incorporated plenty of single leg hops / weighted hops to strengthen the calf. If I do this right over the next few weeks, I should be getting back to more normal running in a month or so.

1st-8th June

More of the same, little bits of running with walk breaks. Have the running intervals up to 2 minutes and it's holding up really well. I even managed a couple of hilly walks over the weekend and I would even go far as to say the calf is feeling strong! The aim was to get up to a total of 40 minutes (incl the breaks) before I start doing a few km together, so that will hopefully be by next week. I'll listen to my body of course
Fitness still feels like pure sh*te but it'll come back, not going to get too worried about that.

Did my usual S&C sessions, including the plyos, and some foam rolling, calf raises etc on other days.

Nothing very exciting here on the updates anyway, but I'm happy with the direction the recovery is going.

9th - 14th June

Weds 9th
35 mins of 2 mins running, 30 seconds walking.
Met a friend for a walk in Marlay that evening - forgot she's basically a speed walker and dragged me around for 4.5 miles!

Thurs 10th
Can't remember if I even went for a walk, but the LEFT leg felt tight and I was thinking here we go... just did my usual stretching / strengthening and tried not to overthink it!

Fri 11th
45 mins S&C, and a bit of attention on the left leg and it was feeling fine, but I said I'd play it safe and hold off on a run for another day. Was happy enough to watch the tennis anyway.

Sat 12th
40 mins of 2 mins running, 30 seconds walking, but combined the 5/6th and 11/12th intervals to assure myself I can run more than 400m at a time. All good and not a peep out of the legs during or after the run.
Also: C'mon the faithful. We're on the way back

Sun 13th
Was barely even outside, let alone walking or running. Too much sport to be watching.

Mon 14th
Decided to 'step it up' (with the promise to myself to listen to my body). 2km run, 1 min walk to check in, 3 reps. Felt great! Should probably dig out the HRM again to slow myself back to my actual easy run fitness level for the moment.

There's a chapter in the Daniels book on building back up your running after an injury, based on how long you were off etc so have been having a look at that. No rush anyway, but would like to get back to running sooner rather than later (normal being any sort of an unbroken easy run).

Tues 15th
45 mins S&C. V short evening walk.

Weds 16th
Did the 2km x 3 run again, with 1 min in between. All good again. Did it on the roads as I was completely sick of the fields in UCD.

Thurs 17th
Long ramble with a friend around the locality.

Fri 18th
45 mins S&C.
Evening 3.4 miles with no breaks Went around the roads, felt lovely and unfit! Have to say though, there feels like more bounce off my legs per step thanks to the strength work.

Sat 19th
45 mins S&C (I’m upping to 3 sessions per week for a while, for a multitude of reasons including vanity!)
A trip to Croke Park in the evening was very exciting, the result no so much… half of me was even on the telly :pac:

Sun 20th
Up to Marlay for 5km on the grass there. Saw plenty of familiar faces which was lovely. Wore the HRM which was disheartening! My legs are so much stronger than my lungs it seems. I’d expect the HR to be up a bit anyway for a couple of reasons but not as much as it was ..

Anywho, a huge 15 miles this week! On we go.

Mar Azul wrote: »

Saw you in Marlay, delighted to see you back and always welcome to join us on the Sunday

Ah you have a new name here It will be a while before I can keep up with any of your crew

I will join everyone in the thoughts of how much I don’t like this new version of boards. Whyyyyyyyyyy

Anyway, to running. Week of 28th June, I’d run twice but walking down the stairs I felt a sharp twinge through my right calf again. Great switch into drama queen mode, but foam rolled the hell out of it, continued with the exercises I’d been doing anyway and rested it for a walk. To be honest, it probably would have been fine after a couple of days, but I’d rather be overly cautious than plain stupid. So I ran on the 7th, all good, and again on the 10th. 5k both times. Still kept up with 3 S&C sessions.

W/b 12th July

12th - 5k @ 9.11/m

13th - 45 mins S&C

14th - Met a club mate early for a run around Marlay, and happy to get 4 miles done! Also talking slowed me down appropriately. 10.03/m

15th - Last day in my job, went for an evening run. 5k @ 9.27/m

16th - 45 mins S&C, before a trip south to see family.

17th - 40 mins S&C and my first jab, woohoo

18th - 3.4 miles @ 9.14/m. Rough!

I’ve a couple weeks free now before I start a new job after the bank holiday. Not going to stress myself over getting runs or S&C in, but if i’m not at anything particular on some days I’ll try get them in. Have some more family and friend visits planned so I’ll be on the road a bit. Nice weather to have free time in however 😎

I feel like I’m not doing enough running to log on here really! Not sure my log title is even appropriate at this rate :p I’ll get back into a proper routine in the next few weeks hopefully. The calf is feeling fine, so it should be ok to get stuck into more miles. Haven’t run any longer than 5 miles in quite a while so getting back to long runs will be fun…

I might dig out the old boards base building plan (if I can find anything on here anymore!) and actually start using my HRM again because I have been totally useless at running at an appropriate pace. Still getting some S&C in, and focusing on the left leg. It’s really noticeable that there’s still less of a spring on that side when I’m doing single leg hops, even though it was the right calf that was hurt. Single leg squats are getting stronger anyway so we’ll get there.

Thank you, so helpful as always!!

Hope your running is going well

Hard to know if I’ve been slack with the updates cos of the new site or cos I’m doing feck all running!

Life has been very busy lately so was just throwing in the odd run when I had time / the want to run. I don’t know how I used to commute 5 days a week, and fit in everything else I wanted to; after 2 days of it last week I was so exhausted!!! And its not even a 20 minute drive

28th July - 5 miles @ 9.25/m. Felt tough but nice to get up to Marlay

29th July - 45 mins S&C

30th July - was down in Offaly, 4 miles around the gaa field, 9.31/m. Threw in some strides at the end and the calf didn’t make a sound.

31st July - met a couple of friends for a jaunt around the canal harbour. 3.4 miles @ 9.45/m

2nd Aug - 3.1m @ 9.07/m.

4th Aug - 4m @ 9.35/m. Definitely not a pace that feels easy easy yet.

5th Aug - 45 mins S&C

6th Aug - 45 mins S&C. 4m @ 9.17/m. Went for the run after my 2nd jab before the tiredness everyone warned me against set in, but I actually felt great? Haven’t run since due to tiredness but that’s more likely the social life than the jab! Add in some car troubles and neighbour issues and it’s been great fun really :p

I’ll build up a bit more mileage the next month and then start the base plan. I’ve said it here now so I have to follow through!