26-05-2012, 10:08 AM
Yep, I understand that your goal is to deliver performance on the racing side and it's true that in order to achieve it there will be things that are counter productive and it's normal that you, as an expert, put an emphasis on this, I understand it and also appreciate it a lot 
To tell the truth I didn't realise that you were so serious into getting me under the sub 36 goal! I mean, the website says that you should be able to balance running with your daily life, and since I enjoyed my strength training... I did so, and kept with it even on the racing week (although I try not to push myself the days before the race, I do it more thinking on maintenance).
But re-thinking about it and having into consideration the experience you told me -which doesn't fully apply to an amateur like me but I can somehow understand the feeling because I also put a lot of effort on this- I will have it a lot into consideration and try to maximise my chance to get on peak form to the day of the race.
Thank you a lot for your guidance as always
Getting back to the training, yesterday the worst happened
I was doing my 30' easy 6x1' fast-slow on the mill, and just in the 5 minutes before ending the activity my leg started to hurt. It was on the front, lower part of the tibia I think, I'm not expert on injuries but I guess it felt like inflammation on this part. When I got home it still hurted a bit during the night, until I got to bed. I put on some reflex spray and took a voltaren (diclofenac) in a hope on minimizing whatever could have happened.
Today I wake up feeling much better and does not hurt when I walk, but I can still feel it somehow if I touch it with my finger. I cleaned the running shoes with the washing machine and don't know if it is just coincidence or may have had some impact on form while running and caused this... :mmm: I don't really think I pushed it yesterday, in fact I felt great during the session and think I kept in the sweet spot of the purpose of the training, not overdoing it.
I'm a little bit worried for tomorrow... the race it's very near home so will go and have my warm up and depending on how I feel will decide, hope that's just an occasional nuisance and disappears fast...
To tell the truth I didn't realise that you were so serious into getting me under the sub 36 goal! I mean, the website says that you should be able to balance running with your daily life, and since I enjoyed my strength training... I did so, and kept with it even on the racing week (although I try not to push myself the days before the race, I do it more thinking on maintenance).
But re-thinking about it and having into consideration the experience you told me -which doesn't fully apply to an amateur like me but I can somehow understand the feeling because I also put a lot of effort on this- I will have it a lot into consideration and try to maximise my chance to get on peak form to the day of the race.
Thank you a lot for your guidance as always
Getting back to the training, yesterday the worst happened
I was doing my 30' easy 6x1' fast-slow on the mill, and just in the 5 minutes before ending the activity my leg started to hurt. It was on the front, lower part of the tibia I think, I'm not expert on injuries but I guess it felt like inflammation on this part. When I got home it still hurted a bit during the night, until I got to bed. I put on some reflex spray and took a voltaren (diclofenac) in a hope on minimizing whatever could have happened.
Today I wake up feeling much better and does not hurt when I walk, but I can still feel it somehow if I touch it with my finger. I cleaned the running shoes with the washing machine and don't know if it is just coincidence or may have had some impact on form while running and caused this... :mmm: I don't really think I pushed it yesterday, in fact I felt great during the session and think I kept in the sweet spot of the purpose of the training, not overdoing it.
I'm a little bit worried for tomorrow... the race it's very near home so will go and have my warm up and depending on how I feel will decide, hope that's just an occasional nuisance and disappears fast...