I was feeling confident about training and about to embark on a new plan (yes, a plan) injury struck. Last week, I noticed that after my runs there was a pain on the back of my right leg/inner thigh but it wasn’t anything major. On Saturday, I trekked out for what was supposed to be a 10 mile run. I got 1.5 miles in and the pain was so excruciating I said to myself, “this run isn’t worth risking further injury” and walked my sorry ass the 1.5 miles home. The walk home was more of a gimp walk than anything. I iced, stretched and stayed stagnant the rest of Saturday. Mr. Pi and I walked to dinner and back (about 2 miles total) and it was a little sore but nothing like earlier that day. I decided to see how I felt Sunday but if it wasn’t too bad I’d still bike.
Sunday morning came and I was feeling okay so we headed out for a long bike with another friend. There was some early drama when Mr. Pi popped a tire and didn’t have a spare, luckily our friend had an extra bike and Mr. Pi was able to join us! We went 25 miles (which is my longest bike to date). We stopped at the halfway point for a quick stretch, sport beans and some fluids (I do need to learn how to drink and ride). Every time I looked down at my watch we were cookin’ along at 13 and sometimes 14 + MPH however, our overall avg was closer to 12 b/c I don’t pause for stoplights and crossings. I felt really strong on the bike. My thighs and butt were burning a bit by the end but the hamstring/inner thigh pain was non-existent. After the ride we ate lunch in Sellwood at this yummy Thai/Vietnamese place mmmmmmm!
The rest of Sunday we spent running errands, including a stop to buy me a new laptop since my old one crapped out. I am the proud owner of a teeny tiny Netbook, I’ve named him Netty! I’ve always wanted a small computer and now I have one! Mr. Pi will be sharing it but it’ll house all my music and documents (i.e. my undergrad and grad school careers). I have missed being able to create new playlists—I’m a playlist whore, I love ‘em!
So, the plan. I worked up a plan for this week to see how my body (and mind) would respond to being on a more regimented schedule. As I mentioned before, I’ve received a lot of training plans via email lately from friends and family, some of which are completely insane, others are doable. Of course, I created this plan before my injury. All of the runs I have scheduled may end up being bikes or swims or something less painful depending on how I feel. I’m having serious doubts about running the SF ½ in two weeks. If I can’t get in at least two long runs of 10 or 11 miles, I may bow out. Sorry ROHO’s, RoadBunner, and Chic Runner but I would rather not torture myself with 13.1 miles when I know I’m not prepared. Plus, I have that Tri on August 1st (yikes) and I’d like to be injury free. I know I can swim and bike without any pain so I’ll be concentrating on those two areas this week and add in the runs if I’m up to it.
Here is my ambitious plan for the week.
Note: Some of the workouts have time goals, others have mileage goals and some simply say “swim” or “run long.” Most Tri plans are done by time not miles so I thought I’d throw in a few of those to get used to going on time instead of miles. The workouts that say “swim” will rotate through my list of swim workouts and the “run long” will depend on my injury, “bike long” means longer than 25 miles and “swim long” will mean 2400+ or a Blue Lake OWS, depending on weather.
Monday: Swim/Weights
Tuesday: Run (track circuit or hill repeats)/Bike (12-15 mi)
Wednesday: Spin (with Jen)+brick run (20 min)/Swim (OWS with Jen and Zach—excited and also scared)
Thursday: Run (45 min tempo)/Weights
Friday: Swim/Bike (1 hour)
Saturday: Run Long/Swim Long (or OWS at Blue Lake)—If the weather is good Mr. Pi and I will head out to Blue Lake for a course preview of my Tri, do a long run and an OWS.
Sunday: Bike Long
Here’s to a great training week and becoming injury free! And also, creating new playlists—YAY Netty!!! Oh and watching Buffy courtesy of Gazelle who has kindly let Mr. Pi and I borrow her DVDs. I must say, I'm obsessed!
15 comments:
Boo, sorry about the leg pain. Good job getting out there on the bike though! (I would probably sit inside, eating ice cream and whining.)
Congrats on the netbook. Small computers are so cute!
Ah, sorry to hear that Alisa. But you are doing the right thing by getting off those legs while getting the x-training in.
Hope I get to meet ya anyway, even if you don't end up racing.
I wish spin was just a bit later - I'd love to join you guys!
Yikes. What's up with that. I've never heard of that unless it's a groin injury. It's weird that it just came on though. Usually you know when you pull a groin right. I hope it was just some freak thing and doesn't turn into anything serious.
I'm so excited for your OWS. Your going to be great. Just stay relaxed.
Looks like an awesome week ahead of you girl. good luck!
Sucks about your leg on the run, but WOW on the bike ride!! That distance is very impressive and nice pace too. Whoo hoo!!
Smart to play the race by ear. I hope whatever it is goes away as quickly as it came on though!
See you Weds for bike, run, swim. :)
NETTY! like my little baby! YAY! for him! :) Also, glad you are feeling better even though you had a little bit of an injury boo. And about SF. I'm SO sad but it's okay, I understand for sure! :(:( I will miss you lots and lots though
Your plan sounds great, however you might want to consider having one day of rest built into your schedule. Being a workout addict myself, I understand the need to train like crazy....but, that is also when injuries or burnout tend to happen. At the very least, perhaps have your rest day be a day when you ride your bike at a moderate pace 10 miles max. Just a thought. :)
Sorry to hear about the pain. However, it sounds like you are playing things very smart and listening to your body. The biking and swimming will keep your fitness up.
boo. hiss. bad leg pain.
good job bailing when it didn't make sense to keep going. you gots to rise up another day. get some core work in, and take care of yourself!
oh no! So sorry to read :( Glad you're listening to your body and not forcing the issue of running the HM in pain. It's not worth it. No doubt it sucks though. take care of yourself, and hopefully you'll have no issues for the tri if you continue being smart! :D
booo this sucks :( you are definitely doing the smart thing to play SF by ear... no need to risk furthering an injury by running a whatever race you know? keep up with the crosstraining and hope you heal very fast!!!
Bummer about the leg pain. Injuries are the WORST! Good luck with the plan. I'm seriously thinking about a tri this summer, so I'm anxious to follow along with how it goes for you.
I have high hopes this will heal quickly! But you are right... No sense making things worse. Congrats on the new computer!
I'm claiming the next spot on the borrow Buffy list.
Sorry about the injury - but you sound like you have some great contingency plans worked up.
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