Sunday, January 06, 2008

No Improvement is Happening!!

Friday morning I went for another 1km swim before work and on Saturday I went for an 8km walk, deliberately not running for a couple of days and what's more I was a good little girl and did all the physio exercises. This morning I attempted another run. I managed a very slow, very painful 10.52km. From the 2km point on it hurt, yes indeed, it was definitely my hamstring (forget the back) and it hurt like crazy. I walked a bit on the hills and stretched but I ran (jogged really) 10.52km starting out with the intention of a 15km run. That didn't happen and I arrived home frustrated and disappointed. My appointment with the physio is on Tuesday at lunchtime. Let's hope he can perform miracles!! I have a marathon to run!

Distance: 10.52km
Time taken: 1:10 (that must be the slowest run in the universe!!)
Average pace per km: 6:47 (how embarrassing - practically walking in parts)
Calories burned: 620

I wasn't going to blog my time but I have decided I will after all. That way, I can watch the improvement (I HOPE)!!
In the late morning Mr B and I went to a premier of a movie at Dendy called Lust, Caution. It was in Chinese with sub-titles - a 2 1/2 hour very thought provoking movie - gripping and terrible in parts.

9 comments:

  1. Injured, forget the running. Bike ride easy just to get out for some exercise. Plenty of time to be ready for a marathon in April, IF you do it things now. Must get the hammy fixed first. Get injured in winter so you don't have to run in the cold.

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  2. Hi Strewth = sorry to hear you've got an injury. Look after yourself.

    Liza.

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  3. So sorry to hear that you are still having probs with it. My fingers are crossed for a speedy recovery

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  4. This is not good!

    Ask him if it's a hamstring tear, rather than a strain. If so, it may need a number of weeks of no running :(

    Two fruits is right - you can still finish Canberra, even if you do no running at all in January. Get fixed!

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  5. i want to see lust, caution for many reasons, but mostly (i admit) because i keep hearing about this.

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  6. I hope it's nothing serious and your training can resume in earnest soon.

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  7. The physio is our hope for you. Good luck. Run also for me!

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  8. I hope you know what you are doing in this running world. A marathon to run in April, just back from a hamstring injury and running intervals on a Saturday morning. How about developing an aerobic base level of fitness before trying to go fast. Speed kills, applies to running as well as on the road.

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