These past couple of weeks have definitely been frigid. I have had every intention of logging some LSD miles but when the windchill is -15, a 90 minute running outside window is all my legs can take. On top of that cold air seems to have a stiffening affect on my OA. I noticed it a bit with the OA in my finger, but the knee is a much larger joint and demands attention whether you like it or not.
SO...what to do? I tried wearing layers around the knee to help keep it insulated but that is seriously annoying and limits my range of motion. Ugh. So then I tried running the indoor track. And then I discovered runner's-rage when every.single.time. I went to run there the skating group would use half of the track for land training, literally forcing everyone else on the track to slow down and navigate around them. So, wanting to embrace my runner-zen, I decided to dust off my treadmill at home and give that a whirl. Last week I logged 32 of my 38 kilometers on the bloody thing. It hasn't been since I trained for my first marathon and my first ultra that I used this thing that much. But hey, it's free, it seriously cuts down on how long I take to get ready for a run and when I'm done I can get cleaned up immediately. It also lets me worry about my pace instead of worrying about slipping on ice or how mechanical my knee feels in the cold. It's a win-win until the warmer weather hits. My dog though, he just sits beside the treadmill looking disgusted.
So for now I'm getting totally caught up on my Netflix action movies and trying to embrace the drudgery of the treadmill. I have also resigned myself to the fact I very likely will never run that Arctic marathon. Ah well, plenty of warm-weather races to run! Yesterday was a 5 year PB on treadmill distance for me; a whole 7 miles. And no, I didn't die of boredom or go totally nuts. At least I'm staying consistent.
Monday, March 13, 2017
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Trust the plan
So I've been following my trusty marathon training plan and my new bodybuilding program. So far it's been going well. I'm into week 5 for the bodybuilding program and week 6 or something for the marathon training. The issue I'm facing now is that the marathon training hasn't really started, as in I'm just in the build up stage so I feel like as long as I get in 40-45km a week I'm doing fine.
I'm trying to be smart about it, but that's led to stupid mistakes, haha. Take this week for instance; Monday I'm feeling tired (I did run 28km over the course of the weekend) and sluggish so instead of enjoying the sunny (albeit windy) day I did an indoor HIIT workout, telling myself Tuesday would be a longer run day so I should conserve my legs. WRONG. I did my usual lunchtime back and biceps weight training and after work decided instead of running the indoor track I would run the local trail. (Honestly, it wasn't the track per say, but the fact the skating group has decided to take over one lane of the track to do land training for 30 minutes, thus forcing a cluster effect on the only other track lane-for half of the track length. I get a bit rage-y when people aren't actually running or walking on the track I've paid to run on.) So anyhoo, I get to the trail but it's still really snow-filled and icy. I plug through, determined to get in at least 6km even though I managed to forget my spikes (they would have helped a lot!). I ended up taking to the country road at one point to finish off a total of 8kms. Not exactly a longer run in my books, I didn't even hit double digits. So yeah, I "saved" my legs for nothing. Ugh.
Today, my usual cross training day is taunting me. Should I jump on the dreadmill when I get home to grab a few kms or stick to my routine of cross training? Deviating from the plan this week doesn't seem to be working well for me, so perhaps I will stick with my cross training. There's always my run commute home tomorrow and Friday!
I'm trying to be smart about it, but that's led to stupid mistakes, haha. Take this week for instance; Monday I'm feeling tired (I did run 28km over the course of the weekend) and sluggish so instead of enjoying the sunny (albeit windy) day I did an indoor HIIT workout, telling myself Tuesday would be a longer run day so I should conserve my legs. WRONG. I did my usual lunchtime back and biceps weight training and after work decided instead of running the indoor track I would run the local trail. (Honestly, it wasn't the track per say, but the fact the skating group has decided to take over one lane of the track to do land training for 30 minutes, thus forcing a cluster effect on the only other track lane-for half of the track length. I get a bit rage-y when people aren't actually running or walking on the track I've paid to run on.) So anyhoo, I get to the trail but it's still really snow-filled and icy. I plug through, determined to get in at least 6km even though I managed to forget my spikes (they would have helped a lot!). I ended up taking to the country road at one point to finish off a total of 8kms. Not exactly a longer run in my books, I didn't even hit double digits. So yeah, I "saved" my legs for nothing. Ugh.
Today, my usual cross training day is taunting me. Should I jump on the dreadmill when I get home to grab a few kms or stick to my routine of cross training? Deviating from the plan this week doesn't seem to be working well for me, so perhaps I will stick with my cross training. There's always my run commute home tomorrow and Friday!
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