Well, we might as well get the negative out of the way first and then we can finish on a high note!
I
still cannot run, which whilst quite disappointing is not really
surprising. There has been an improvement to the extend that I can walk
without it causing too much havoc, but the residual tenderness and pain
on palpation is still there throughout the day.
I have
booked myself in for some physio on tuesday and hopefully they will be
able to work some wizardly or voodoo so that I can at least participate
in the up coming try a tri next Sunday. I will have a chat with them
about what sort of things I can do to ease any continuing pain on the
day and then we can work on rectifying any additional damage the race
might cause afterwards.
I am a bit disappointed on the
whole as the try a tri was supposed to mark the start of a new era in my
competitive book and provide an easy entrance into the triathlon world.
Alas, it wasn't meant to be and as always, I will try and take away any
lessons I can to help shape my future athletic career.
Onto the positives, and what positives they are!
Swimming
was a pretty successful venture this Thursday as I managed to complete a
pretty brutal descending pyramids set, albeit the last one to do so. It
is reassuring that I mamaged to swim 2500m in the hour session and is
another reminder that my capability is improving all the time.
I
am still working on my swim endurance at higher force outputs as I find
my shoulders and arms tire quite quickly when I am trying to push on
beyond my "plodding" pace, but this will hopefully come over time and it
is still a few months until the olympic swim in July.
Running is still a no go area, but hopefully my ankle will heal up soon enough.
Cycling
has been amazing this week. The journey to work on the mountain bike is
still going strong and I am finding that I can push a little harder
each week.
I managed to get out on two rides this
weekend, a longer ride on saturday with the club through newport to usk
which was a long 4 hour 30 min ride covering about 52 miles or so.
Sunday
was a shorter cycle incorporating a ride round of Sunday's try-a-tri
route, but no less enjoyable. I was pretty drained after cycling and so
didn't quite make it to sunday's swimming session because of this.
Something to improve upon for next week.
