12 June 2011

Week 12 of 13

1 week left !!!


Monday:
35mins easy (5.08) - painful !!!

Tuesday:
60mins easy (5.23) - PAINFUL !!!!

Wednesday:
90mins XT (60mins arc trainer, 30mins stationary bike)

Thursday:
45mins XT (arc trainer)

Friday:
AM: 13k in 60mins (4.37)
including
15mins tempo @ 4.06 min/km
15mins fartlek, alternating 90secs @ 3.50s, 90secs float @ 4.40s

PM: 45mins XT (arc trainer)

Saturday:
OFF

Sunday:
21k long run in 100mins (4.46)
(11k @ 4.55, 3k @ 4.45, 3k @ 4.30, 3k @ 4.15, 1k cool down)

Total 55k of running + 3 hours of XT


Week in Summary:

Life is a roller coaster.....

Early in the week: The posterior tibialis was damn PAINFUL (yes, capital letters). For Monday and Tuesday easy runs, I had to walk, jog, stop, walk etc for the first 20mins of the run. Calf, shins, and ankles were burning. It's the same shit I experienced prior to last year Melbourne Marathon which I eventually pulled out. Told my wife and colleagues that I probably will DNS the marathon.

Middle of the week: Skipped running for two days, did XT, RICE, ibuprofen

End of the week: Pain level declined from 100% to 85%. Did a small workout on Friday, not very comfortable. On Sunday, did a dress rehearsal, by swallowing ibuprofen, wore calf sleeves and marathon shoes. Could notice a drop in fitness on the back of reduced training in last 2-3 weeks (let's call it a 4-weeks taper)

Okay, I think I will be a starter comes next Sunday. The chance didn't look good early in the week, but things started looking up by the weekend. Hopefully in the next 6 days or som, the pain level will reduce to < 80%. Currently, I am no good to run in consecutive days since the muscles and tendons are painful due to the jarring effect. So probably will run 3 times prior to the race to give myself the best possible chance to run.

Not sure about my marathon goal time now because I won't know how the legs going to feel during the first few steps of the race. This will be my first ever marathon start with the legs not 100% healthy. Anyhow, Perth is the place where I fell in love and got obsssed with running, so it's good to come back ! I just need to be daring and do my best to tough things out.

3 comments:

Epi said...

Good luck with your final week of taper Sling. Hopefully if wont rain on the day - we've otherwise had great weather here ecently

Clown said...

Hope the leg is ok-take it easy. See you in perth.

Ewen said...

Hope the final week is going well and the legs are holding up with the additional rest days and treatment. Only 4 days 11 hours to go!