I had a great training week last week! I bounded through my planned runs ( well, I sort of felt like I bounded anyway, just go with it! ). I even included my scheduled strength training on Tuesday.
My longest run of the week was on Saturday. I even had a training partner for this one. I've never had a training partner, particularly for a longer run. It was my sister so maybe that's why I didn't feel too bad! We managed to talk our way through the first 5km ... until we got a little misdirected ( I did not say we were lost .. ) ... then we talked a little less but I was really happy with our 12km.
I have started including a run with Mr 7 on Sunday afternoons while Mr FitMum does his long runs with Miss 11. Mr 7 scoots along on his bike and I try to keep up! It's kind of like tempo training ...
By Sunday night I was starting to feel the effects of a few more kilometres run over the last week .. and possibly not enough stretching. No real soreness, just some stiff hips.
I decided to give my legs a break from running yesterday and did a strength type circuit instead. Here is what I did ... Each exercise was done for 45 seconds with a 15 second rest between.
Kettlebell swings
Jump onto Bosu ( a bit of extra stability training )
Push press
Lunge with Single arm Row
Single leg glute bridges on Bosu ( working on my glutes and hamstrings )
Ab exercise .. leg raises
Repeat 3 times ...
Fast forward to this morning when I am struggling to get out of bed and walk around after I injured my hamstring .. the other one this time ... whilst doing some high jump drills with Miss 11 on a local oval. All rather innocuous really, I few strides, then a few more a bit faster until I step on some uneven ground and oops there goes my leg.
The physio has advised that I not run for a week and just focus on some upper body strength, presumably to keep my mind off the fact that I cannot run even though I have entered a half marathon whose date is only 9 weeks away! I'm not even allowed to go for a walk .. it hurts to walk too fast and it doesn't look very pretty either!
Apparently I will not lose much fitness as I have a great base ... what about if I lose my mojo? I'm not sure if I had a great base of that!
Maybe this has been sent to make me stronger? I hope I will be stronger because I was just starting to feel like I was getting into a great training routine. You will note that my strength circuit had my glute and hamstring exercises included!
In other related news, I entered the half marathon in Melbourne later this year!
But I think my focus right now might just be on getting my legs moving again in the next week or so and see if I can get my mojo back!
How is your training going?
Have you had to have time off lately for an injury that has really put you in a bit of a spin?
