A Runners log : Patience and Consistency

Seres · 13-09-2010 04:21PM

Update

havent run since wednesday as adviced , lower back , and hamstring feel a bit better but after sittin down all day in the office can feel the niggle again , goin for easy 20min run tonight followed by pool and jacuzzi and shauna , hope this helps , still have hope for sat , more bad news got up on the scales and bout 3lbs heavier today then last week , sayin that had a bit of a mad weekend food and drink wise , scales work really weird for me , could be back down to normal tomorro

Seres · 14-09-2010 10:27AM

Monday 13th Sep

20min jog &stretching & swim only 375m

pain came back in lower left side of back immediately , but just kept goin anyway , started to move down the leg , :mad:

back feels a bit better though , definitely felt this with stretching

will head out today for 20min jog and stretching later

weight back to normal 53kg

no pool tonight , massage instead , will organise final appointment with physio morro and see what he says bout race sat , think 90min off the cards but if i can at least do it !

kennyb3 · 14-09-2010 10:58AM

Seres wrote: »

weight back to normal 53kg

Seres, i wouldnt be worrying about weight on a day to day basis, it changes too much depending on how hydrated you are and whats in your bowel.

For example i can be anything from 11st 8 (such as sat night after beer and chinese) to 11st 1 after a race (sat morning) or a long cycle. Most of the time im in the middle though 11st 4 to 11st 5.

Just weigh yourself once a week or once a fortnight, first thing in the morning on the same day (eg wednesday for me as its mid week and comes after an easy run - so should be hydrated).

Seres · 14-09-2010 01:01PM

thanks kennyb3

went for 20min jog , no real change on yesterday

Seres · 15-09-2010 03:34PM

so went for massage yesterday , and left glute even stiffer than before , ordered not to run for at least a week, sit properly for 8 hrs at desk , get up every 15min and walk around , do all my stretching, :pac: , im injured , though i was suppose to be takin it easy , now have to try and get the message to penetrate my head , NO DUBLIN HM ! ,
swim tonight with stretching , dont really know if i should be doin core strenght work yet or not .

jb-ski · 15-09-2010 05:15PM

Seres wrote: »

so went for massage yesterday , and left glute even stiffer than before , ordered not to run for at least a week, sit properly for 8 hrs at desk , get up every 15min and walk around , do all my stretching, :pac: , im injured , though i was suppose to be takin it easy , now have to try and get the message to penetrate my head , NO DUBLIN HM ! ,
swim tonight with stretching , dont really know if i should be doin core strenght work yet or not .

sorry to see you can't make the HM.
(i've been checking this log everyday hoping for a miraculous recovery!)

i'm sure you're p**sed off now but there'll be other days.

see ya soon.

Seres · 15-09-2010 10:14PM

jb-ski wrote: »

sorry to see you can't make the HM.
(i've been checking this log everyday hoping for a miraculous recovery!)

i'm sure you're p**sed off now but there'll be other days.

see ya soon.

thanks jb-ski , haven been hopin for one too , thanks for offer of place to stay too , at moment would just be happy to be able to run

pool and stretching today , back to physio morro , hopefully can do some bike work soon

Seres · 17-09-2010 11:57PM

friday 17th sep

day off work , think that really helped the back , all the sittin down hard work , leaves it very tired

pool 1100m

Seres · 21-09-2010 10:38AM

Saturday 18th Sep

Nothing

Sunday

23km cycle easy : body ok

Monday

changed my physio : not L5 disc at all per her , my back is fine , its my ****eal joint, its stretched cause my left glute muscle is too weak , hips are out of alignment , she gave me some specific exercises to help ,
alot of the other execises i was doin were just gross exercises not specific to the problem , stickin with her , first time i feel i know where i am goin
maybe another weak or ten days of cross training , then i can start building my mileage and core together , she massaged the problem area , very very painful , but feel muxh better since

pilates class : 1 hr , tough but exactly focuses on the area i need to strenghten up

physio said cycling is ok to do , so will get for a ride morro and sat maybe

feel alot more positive now then this time lasrt week

littlebug · 21-09-2010 10:49AM

Fair play Seres. I half expected to log on at the weekend and see a HM race report from you:D
I think it's always worth getting a second opinion and indeed looking outside of physio.

Krusty_Clown · 21-09-2010 02:12PM

Fair play to you Seres. At least now you know you're going in the right direction (on the mend), you can start making plans again. Patience and consistency!

aero2k · 21-09-2010 08:29PM

Good to hear you sounding positive Seres - I know it's heartbreaking missing a goal race but it will stand to you long term. Much better to sort out the problem now before it gets really bad.

If you can cycle then at least you can maintain aerobis fitness.

RacoonQueen · 21-09-2010 08:33PM

Hopefully you're on the right track now, always good to get a second opinion.

Seres · 22-09-2010 10:29AM

thanks guys

Tuesday 21st Sep

Stretching and 1km swim in pool

was suppose to get up for cycle today , wednesday but hung onto the bed , will have to do morro , no excuses , goin to bed too late at moment , thats not helping !

Seres · 25-09-2010 08:44PM

Wednesday 22th Sep

1km swim & stretching

Thursday 23rd Sep

Did 1hr circuit session & stretching

bad idea : lower glute and back not great

Friday

16km cycle

Sat

Rest & Stretching

Seres · 26-09-2010 06:07PM

Sunday 26th Sep 2010

23km cycle : easy & stretching

such a nice crisp day , reminds me of weather we get for xc season

tunguska · 27-09-2010 05:07PM

Hey how you doing now, injury any better?

Seres · 28-09-2010 03:11PM

tunguska wrote: »

Hey how you doing now, injury any better?

doin ok , thanks , went to physio today , she said that it is much improved , she cranked the stretching up a notch and i can go for a 2 mi run morro , cant wait ! , progress after that will depend on tomorrow , really want to take part in the xc intermediates and novice at the end of october

Monday 27th Sep

Pilates

Seres · 29-09-2010 10:36AM

Tuesday 28th Sep

1km swim & Stretching

good workout , when i arrived at pool yesterday there were 2 swim lanes , one slowish one with loads of people and one with two speed demons , which one did i pick?! , yes the fast one , felt i had to go really fast( by my standards ) so as not too hold up the other two that seemed to be semi racing against each other , outcome of that was limbs were goin everywhere by the time i was coming near the end , you would have been hard up to guess the stroke i was doin at that stage

Seres · 30-09-2010 10:48AM

Wednesday 29th Sep

2miles very easy , 19 min , pain was coming back and running down the back of my leg at the end , however my left hip was falling as much this time as before , so on with the stretching and low mileage

on a postive note , no real after affects today

Seres · 01-10-2010 10:37AM

Thursday 30th Sep

1.5km pool swim

didnt do the stretching before like i alway do and only remembered bout 11 pm , none done :mad: , really more NB then swim

Seres · 04-10-2010 10:37AM

Friday

Stretching ( wont call it a rest day as i dont really need one, already too rested , cant even get to sleep at a normal hr )

Saturday

Stretching & 2.5miles in 20min , pain started to come back and down my leg around the first mile , wish i hadnt given my log that title as patience is running ( pardon the pun ) very thin now !

Sunday

Stretching & 30km bike in 1hr 15min : took it fairly handy as adviced , beauiful morning , really enjoyed it , didnt have to worry bout back pain returning either

Seres · 05-10-2010 01:33PM

Monday 4th Oct

Easy 2.5miles & Pilates

Tuesday 5th oct

easy 2.5 miles

feel alot more positive today than yesterday after the run , pain not goin down legs as quickly and not coming into the lower back from the start of the run either , stretching and pool later , no run morro and will do 3miles on thursday

brutes1 · 06-10-2010 07:42AM

Sounds like your having a bad run injury wise seres what a pain...Whats you plan for winter, cross country again..??..
Galway xcountry on Sat in Loughrea if you were ready for a relatively easy intro back to the mud!!

Seres · 06-10-2010 11:02AM

ya injury is a real pain , just when i was at my fittest ever , ah well , gettin back on track a bit now however next sat is a no no , def do the xc , love them the most , goin ta aim for connacht novice at the end of oct and intermediate in middle of nov , then hopefully will finally get to do my first half in waterford at start of Dec , Field are on the card too , however this one can be tricky to play cause of the day of the year , might be deemed the worst mother in the world to go off racing Stephens Day Morn ! still goin to try though

littlebug · 06-10-2010 04:41PM

Seres wrote: »

might be deemed the worst mother in the world to go off racing Stephens Day Morn ! still goin to try though

The way I see it is that by 8pm on Christmas day my work (lots of work- you know yourself) is done and a few hours without me on Stephens day won't kill them. That bought me a pass last year anyway :pac:

Seres · 06-10-2010 04:53PM

littlebug wrote: »

The way I see it is that by 8pm on Christmas day my work (lots of work- you know yourself) is done and a few hours without me on Stephens day won't kill them. That bought me a pass last year anyway :pac:

ya i know what ya mean , happy to forfeit st stephens night out in exchange for the Fields , not much of a contest for me really though , will have to be my xmas present to myself !

tunguska · 06-10-2010 04:57PM

littlebug wrote: »

The way I see it is that by 8pm on Christmas day my work (lots of work- you know yourself) is done and a few hours without me on Stephens day won't kill them. That bought me a pass last year anyway :pac:

Im with littlebug on this one Seres. As they say on Dr. Phil, you gotta look after yourself before you can look after others..........Now hows that for rationalisation.

aero2k · 06-10-2010 08:15PM

tunguska wrote: »

Im with littlebug on this one Seres. As they say on Dr. Phil, you gotta look after yourself before you can look after others..........Now hows that for rationalisation.

tunguska, is that you going all philosophical? Good advice nonetheless, putting themselves first is something Irish mammies are the worst in the world at.:) Great running in Rathfarnham and Athlone btw, you're in great shape for DCM.
Seres, sorry for the slight hijack. Great to see you feeling better and looking forward to some races. You'll be back in among the prizes before you know it.

RacoonQueen · 06-10-2010 09:37PM

Good to see you're getting a few short runs in. Must be really frustrating for you to be having problems for so long.

Any verdict on Waterford? Is it out of the question now?

A Runners log : Patience and Consistency

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