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Aqua jogging, who'da thunk it?! Made my way to the pool this morning and met coachy for my first introduction to aqua jogging.
He explained the basics, tightened the flotation belt and off we went. It took a couple of lengths to get my form right: keep upright/straight, pretend you're jogging on the spot, running arm drive, up on your toes, higher knee lift than normal...and a few reminders after that but I loved it!
I feel nicely zapped now and full of the possibilities of integrating this into my weekly routine. I think I may have found 'my' cross training
Coachy explained how it can be used to simulate a running double day; aqua jog in the morning, run/jog in the afternoon and also how you can do strides, sprints, tempos and intervals in the pool. Crazy **** eh?!
Lovely crowd in the pool too, we met a guy who each length insisted on updating us on his calorie usage (5) and his meal plans for the day after he had created his calorie deficit (I think we may have done more lengths aqua jogging....:pac: ) and all this for €2.50!
I'm hooked, lined and hopefully not sinkered :eek:
I have also been very virtuous on the rehab and core side this week: 2xDs core and all the prescribed rehab exercises done to plan. I even refrained from opening a bottle of plonk last night as we're going to a party Saturday night :cool:0 -
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career move wrote: »Sorry to hear that you're on the sidelines but way to go with the cross-training! You should get yourself a bike .....
Back to the darkside with you!!!0 -
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career move wrote: »Are you tempted to get a bike and some Lycra yourself Anna?!
hell no! just running is hard enough for me!
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Hehe...I have onecareer move wrote: »Sorry to hear that you're on the sidelines but way to go with the cross-training! You should get yourself a bike .....
(not a bike like yours, more of a bone shaker tractor )
I wouldn't recommend any dark siding, you know me, I'm a monogamous runner but this was FUN! (Of course it was, there was running involvedhell no! just running is hard enough for me! )
Hehe bet she was lapping the swimmersBungy Girl wrote: »Nice pool hustlin' DG! I remember sharing a lane in the Westwood 50m pool with Mary Cullen a few years ago and she was motoring along with the aqua-jogging gear. Didn't do her any harm anyway .
I did get quite a few funny looks, like 'ah bless look she's doggy paddling' 0 -
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ThebitterLemon wrote: »FairPlay DG,
I had to do that after a bad hamstring tear and I hated every minute of it.
It's supposed to be very good for keeping your cardio up but I never took to it.
Gluck with the recovery.
TbL
Thanks TbL, a large part of it really, is that I am getting to 'run' in some sort of fashion Great to see you on the way back! 0 -
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*brushes dust and cobwebs off from the depths of page 10638283 of the training logs*
So, may as well carry on the pretence of a training log...
Sat 27 June
Strengthening/rehab exercises done. Pretty sure didn't fit in any DS core, was too busy buying a top to wear to the party that night which I didn't wear anyway.... :rolleyes:
Sun 28 June
Oh the joys of being on rehab with a hangover on a Sunday and NO LSR to do, early or late :cool:
Felt quite muzzy until 3pm when I got guilted dragged let's face it, i was guilted into going to the swimming pool with kids and two extra cousins for 'swim for all time' (meant to be cheap/kids free but had to buy four swimming hats as I managed to lose ours after aqua jogging on Friday
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Was given a free pass to sneak off to the 'big pool' for 15 minutes of aqua jogging yay. Returned to give Himself a turn for a few lengths but he got sidelined back in the splashing pool while all four of ours decided they needed a wee one after the other...oops. Was it bad to feel so happy I got my 15 minutes in first?!
Weekly total: argh
Breakdown:
1....1!!! Running day: 1 double day including a DNS race
1 rehab session with coachy
Several pulled hairs and gritting of teeth
Numerous icing sessions and more hair pulling
2 aqua sessions and vigorous polishing of halo.
Back to it this week on Wednesday or Thursday, fingers crossed. It has been working. A hugely noticeable improvement over the last few days.
Week beg Mon 29 June
Mon 29
Rehab exercises x2 sets
DS core (15 reps, had been up to 25, I am so cross with myself. 15 reps are manageable now so will move up to 20 reps next week)
45 minutes of aqua jogging:
Saw a gap in the evening schedule and hared out the door like a startled rabbit to get my fix up to the pool. I planned 50 minutes but got there a bit late. About 10 minutes in I had a brief 'ooh this is a bit...emmmm...monotonous, HOW long left, could do with some headphones here...'* but that passed and all of a sudden 45 minutes was in the can. Cycled home and tried to beat the lights at one point. Could. Not. Do. It...so job done really
*anyone tells the novices this, I will never talk to you again
If you're a novice reading this...You can't believe everything you read 0 -
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Week beg 6 July 2015
Here goes
Last week saw my RnR extended due to swollen glands and a sore throat. By Friday, I had beaten the fecker-lurgy to touch and headed out for a coachy-prescribed easy 30 mins.
Post run stretching and cream for the stopwatch/technology-induced rash Myrtl saw me a lot happier than the previous 10 - 10 :eek: - days. I was sooo tempted to do another 30 mins on Saturday but decided to do it coachy's way :rolleyes: I got out again Sunday, under time pressure, but the thought of posting 3.75 miles or so for my weekly total kicked my ass out the door. So my weekly total for last week is 7.5 miles or thereabouts..... Want a breakdown? Whistle.....
So the last week has seen me prioritise:
- rehab exercises; have worked up to 3 sets of 15 reps every second day (double/single calf raises-heel drops and goblet squats. My ass is going to be so firm less jelly like )
- core; back to the DS core and loving it
- mobility; Myrtl sorry I left you so long honey
- priopreception yokies....
and to be incorporated regularly:
- aqua jogging twice weekly if poss
- once weekly modified rehab with weights
- pliometrics when ankle strength fully rehabbed
Rest day today but got the go ahead from coachy to run every second day this week and to increase each run by 5 minutes. Oh the joy from little things 0 -
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w/b Mon 6 July
Mon 6
Rehab...I think...and a bit of cycling hither and thither
Tue
40 mins easy followed by
Myrtl
DS core
More cycling, nothing serious, I am not defecting.
Wed
Rehab and a bit of cycling from A to B
Watched a duathlon on Bray beach in the evening (cycled there and back ). Crazy feckers.
Thur
Not a great run. Cycled to the local park where the club do the Thursday session, planning to just run for 50, maybe 60 minutes if everything felt ok. My hip has been niggling lately, even with all this rest and several physio 'releases' but it seems to have morphed into a trapped nerve, at least that is what it feels like. I called it a day after 45 minutes. Will book a chiro appt Monday. Bloody bloody ageing body failing me. Bloody bloody wallet not on auto-replenish :mad: :rolleyes:
Fri
Rest. Don't think I managed any rehab either Yup, just remembered. Out and about with the kiddos all day.
Sat
50 minutes aqua jogging. This was tough enough, mentally - most of it - and physically, last five minutes. I felt I was losing co-ordination and put that down to tiredness. Felt nicely zapped after. Had cycled there so popped into Aldi after to get supplies. Did the usual, overloaded my shopping bags and cycled home at a snail's pace....thoroughly zapped
Sun
Planned:
Rehab
Core
Easy jog 20 mins
...did not happen due to nephew's 15th birthday-afternoon-party thing....
Hip however was a lot better after the pool session yesterday.
So I suppose I am ticking over after a fashion however am starting to get bored...can't wait to get the hip unlocked (anyone got the code?!) and get back into it. Bungy girl, your 40.5 miles last week made me weep 0 -
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Bungy girl, your 40.5 miles last week made me weep
I'm sorry. I think I'll be the one weeping at the end of this week - 45 miles is the target and it's definitely unchartered territory :eek:
Is it today you're going to the chiro ? Hope he sorts you out. Is the achilles ok at least ? It'll all come together soon enough I expect, just a pain in the proverbials waiting.0 -
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Oooh talk about twisting the knife inBungy Girl wrote: »I'm sorry. I think I'll be the one weeping at the end of this week - 45 miles is the target and it's definitely unchartered territory :eek:
Is it today you're going to the chiro ? Hope he sorts you out. Is the achilles ok at least ? It'll all come together soon enough I expect, just a pain in the proverbials waiting. no, haven't booked yet, will do it tomorrow and hopefully have an appt Wednesday. It really is a pain in the ass actually
Thanks hilly, it'll be grand. I did have to cop myself on while out for a 30 min shuffle this evening 'I'll NEVER run again....' 'Shut up you silly woman'hillsiderunner wrote: »Ah dammit
. Hope not too much longer of the cross-training ...
(I will admit there was a green tint in my eye reading BGs weekly mileage, you're not alone) 0 -
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