Continuing the comeback...

Comeback to training I mean! Unfortunately I'm not quite ready for the comeback to racing, that's still a few weeks off yet, no matter how keen I am to get back!

This week I made some serious progress and ran for the first time in 8 weeks!

Woweee it was hard. I might actually start listening to people who say running is hard now!  I managed a very slow half mile jog on Monday and it really was very slow. After not running for the best part of 2 months and with only a few short bike rides under my belt, I felt incredibly unfit and just the motion of running felt awkward and tough.

I got back from my run with every intention of completing my physio exercises focusing on strengthening up my hips and glutes, however I only just made it up the stairs before my leg seized up and was incredibly painful to move. I went to bed worried I'd done some further damage, but everything had loosened up the next morning and after a good session with the foam roller, by Wednesday I was able to attempt a 10 min run. This was much more successful and I managed over a mile in 10 mins and felt much more like a runner (albeit a rather slow one!)

Saturday should have been RACE DAY. World Duathlon Champs day. But instead I was limited to a  10 min run again. At least I can do some training now! I managed to go a little bit further in this 10 min run, enjoying speeding round some playing fields in the sunshine - but by the time I was done my lungs were burning and I felt like nothing like the athlete I was back in April when I qualified for the World Duathlon Champs. Ah well, at least the injury is finally healing and hopefully it won't be too long before the fitness returns.

I've now got the go-ahead to build up the training, including some 30 min bike rides and 15 min runs this week. I'm hoping the knee will hold up and I'll be able to progress nicely from here - fingers crossed anyway!

I'm still quite weak on single knee dips so I'll be doing my physio exercises twice a day for the forseeable future!

Training for the week was pretty much the same as last week.
I managed a massive 94 minutes of cycling and 3.4 miles of running - looking forward to building up the training from here on in.