Woo... More time has passed, too much for my liking... Some things are going well, some things are not... Let me start with the good stuff...
Swimming wise, I am happy with the progress I have been making as of late. It's definitely a bit of a weird one though, sometimes you make progress, sometimes you go backwards... I always use my swimming to monitor my physical state too, a couple of weeks ago I was feeling a bit low and this was confirmed when I was about 7 seconds per 100m off what I would normally hit in the pool. Rest was definitely overdue...
Unfortunately this came in the form of some debilitating back pain, not fun... I had a couple of faster run sessions with some intervals which tightened my gluts and hamstrings a bit... After a VO2 interval session, I was sitting a little awkwardly and this caused my SI joint to misalign and the next morning I could barely get out of bed... Not much to do but chill out, relax and catch up on some overdue admin...
After about 3 days, things had eased to the point I could start to do some easy running again... Unfortunately, with the lack of activity my legs and back had seized so much that I couldn't run for more than 20 minutes without being in pain... As such, I went back to the masseur who battered my shins subjecting me to agony for the next hour...
It has been almost a week since seeing the masseur and I have managed a couple of 40 minute runs at a pretty decent pace... The shins are holding up but I need a lot more treatment to get to where they need to be... I have managed to swim 6 hours over the last 3 and feel pretty good in the water... I will try a bit of cycling tomorrow after another swim and some cross training, maybe another run too...
My racing season is fast approaching and it's time to start performing not only for myself but also for my sponsors who share belief in my ability...
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