Hopefully the title of this post will be a regular feature here in the coming weeks as I work my way up.
I went out for my longest run so far 15.2km which I ended up doing in 1:36 on Sunday afternoon.... and now, I'm paying the price!
To my delight the left achilles which has really been bothering me over the last few weeks came out feeling fine, the pain however decided to relocate two feet up my left leg to my knee. Ouch! I am still able to ride to work as I just use my right leg to turn the wheels over but the motion still causes some pain.
I'll probably take most of this week off running hoping that the rest will be good enough and I can avoid getting it checked out at a doctor... friday aka 'orthotic pick up day' can't come soon enough.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Orthotics are a go!
After a visit with my podiatrist this afternoon I was recommended and accepted the option of getting some custom fit orthotics. I initially have mixed feelings about this, somewhat the money aspect, ie $595!!!!! that includes the few visits to my pod as well, but also as a few people I have seen around the traps mentioning that they get your body totally reliant on them which may prove a problem in the future.
However, on a positive note, it appears to be that approximately %70 of those that have subscribed to such measures have reported a substantial decrease in injury with their running. It's with this confidence that I am actually looking forward to getting my hands on them so I can start kicking out the km's I've been wanting to over the last month.
Next Friday I will get the chance to pick them up and have them fitted to my Kayanos, though he did say I can move down to the 2120's which will make my bank account a lot healthier with the next pair of shoes that I need to buy. I always envisioned that getting my cast done would involve putting my feet into some massive white boxes 30cm x 30cm for some reason, but it turned out to be nothing more than a little dip in the water of some fabric with the cast that he moulded by hand around each foot.
Taking my pod's advice I'll drop my km's over the next week both in length and intensity which is quite the opposite of what I really want to do but I'm sure it'll be better in the long run. I'm itching to get my hands on these plasticy/rubbery things that'll hopefully correct my bio-mechanical probs and let me get back to what I really love doing the most.
However, on a positive note, it appears to be that approximately %70 of those that have subscribed to such measures have reported a substantial decrease in injury with their running. It's with this confidence that I am actually looking forward to getting my hands on them so I can start kicking out the km's I've been wanting to over the last month.
Next Friday I will get the chance to pick them up and have them fitted to my Kayanos, though he did say I can move down to the 2120's which will make my bank account a lot healthier with the next pair of shoes that I need to buy. I always envisioned that getting my cast done would involve putting my feet into some massive white boxes 30cm x 30cm for some reason, but it turned out to be nothing more than a little dip in the water of some fabric with the cast that he moulded by hand around each foot.
Taking my pod's advice I'll drop my km's over the next week both in length and intensity which is quite the opposite of what I really want to do but I'm sure it'll be better in the long run. I'm itching to get my hands on these plasticy/rubbery things that'll hopefully correct my bio-mechanical probs and let me get back to what I really love doing the most.
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Recovery week and....Joggling
After the big race on Sunday I substantially dropped the amount of running this week. With only one midweek run of 5kms, and this morning I went out for a 12km. In coming posts I'll put up my regular running routes.
The other reason for dropping off the amount of running is because of an injury I've sustained over the last two weeks and saw a podiatrist about. That being achilles tendonitis which flares up on anything over 10km, though luckily went away completely in two days off. I've had it flare up twice now and the running over the next few days will probably determine whether or not orthotics are on the cards.
I have another appointment with my podiatrist next Wednesday afternoon which will probably leave me $500 or even more worse off depending on his recommendation!! Here's hoping it was just part of my body getting used to the longer distances.
Now what's this all got to do with Joggling? Actually what the heck is joggling? That's exactly what I was thinking when I went to watch this video from last week. No hints from me, you will have to watch it yourself :) Joggling
The other reason for dropping off the amount of running is because of an injury I've sustained over the last two weeks and saw a podiatrist about. That being achilles tendonitis which flares up on anything over 10km, though luckily went away completely in two days off. I've had it flare up twice now and the running over the next few days will probably determine whether or not orthotics are on the cards.
I have another appointment with my podiatrist next Wednesday afternoon which will probably leave me $500 or even more worse off depending on his recommendation!! Here's hoping it was just part of my body getting used to the longer distances.
Now what's this all got to do with Joggling? Actually what the heck is joggling? That's exactly what I was thinking when I went to watch this video from last week. No hints from me, you will have to watch it yourself :) Joggling
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