Fuggan's Abbey Dash Assault

Day 23.
Another one of the 45minute continuous sessions today with the faster paced intervals of between 1 and 3 minutes. I actually lost count of how many I did so did it pretty ad hoc which felt good. Definitely mixed it up in terms of work and rest periods.

Got a bit of a niggle at the top/side of my left hammy right under my ass on the outside. Hurt a bit while sitting at work today and felt it after my run, not during however. :(
 
As long as it's just a niggle I'd be inclined to carry on and see if it gets anyway worse. I have niggles from time to time and find it easy enough to run through them by either reducing pace or distance. Prefer to reduce them both a little if anything.
 
Fuggan said:
Day 23.
Another one of the 45minute continuous sessions today with the faster paced intervals of between 1 and 3 minutes. I actually lost count of how many I did so did it pretty ad hoc which felt good. Definitely mixed it up in terms of work and rest periods.

Got a bit of a niggle at the top/side of my left hammy right under my ass on the outside. Hurt a bit while sitting at work today and felt it after my run, not during however. :(
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IndigoGorilla said:
As long as it's just a niggle I'd be inclined to carry on and see if it gets anyway worse. I have niggles from time to time and find it easy enough to run through them by either reducing pace or distance. Prefer to reduce them both a little if anything.
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Come on, guys - sort your mobility out! :)

"training through" niggle is a bit of a gamble as the niggle could be just a mild issue or the sign of something rather unpleasant beginning.

Read up on the Mobility thread (OP of the GymRats 2014 thread) and stop building on all sorts of problematic foundations...
 
I thought I was pretty good with mobility work, don't neglect it at all. I still strength train and spend a good while stretching after my runs. Only think I don't do regularly enough is foam roll. Need to get one bought for my home so I can do it more frequently.

Day 24.
Just 30minutes easy tonight, steady away really...
 
Day 25.
Smashed in an hour steady today, it was steady too. Think one of the slowest runs I've done, was definitely conscious about my niggle. Kinda hurt towards the end. Not really sure what to do, want to keep training so I hit my target but at the same time don't want to cripple myself. Got a day off tomorrow so going to just rest up and stretch/roll a bit and see how it is Saturday.
 
Do what mrthingy said.

Read the motility thread and get started with more support work.

After his comment I went and bought a hockey ball today (not sure where to get a Lacrosse ball from in town) and I'm going to buy myself a foam roller and some resistance bands as well.

No need really as we'll only whinge if we get a proper injury!!!!
 
Yeah, off on lunch to pick a ball up. Spoke with my mate from the gym who is a sports therapist and he suggested it might be a tight piriformis (or something like that?!) which is common and tightens up all the time causing discomfort.
 
Fuggan said:
Yeah, off on lunch to pick a ball up. Spoke with my mate from the gym who is a sports therapist and he suggested it might be a tight piriformis (or something like that?!) which is common and tightens up all the time causing discomfort.
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Piriformis is the joke serious response to pretty much everything.

Absolute bar steward of a muscle. :mad: :mad: :mad:
 
Let the mobility gains flow!

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Supposed to be running on this tomorrow so going to roam and stretch for half an hour tonight and see how it goes. Should I use any heat or ice on this bad boy?
 
Just had a good ten minute stretch it out first, onto the ball. Feel like this is going to hurt. :p

EDIT: HOLY MOTHER :eek: - I was right!
 
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Feels different this morning. Doesn't feel as tight I don't think but almost feels bruised! Going to keep going with it today and rest, hopefully out for a run on it tomorrow for some hill work (which was supposed to be today) will have to make up for the long run I'm missing later in the week.
 
Rested again today and been stretching and rolling again. itching to get out there running again so going to try a light 30 minutes tomorrow morning and see how that goes. If it's ok I'll do another 30 tomorrow night and hopefully build from there!

*crosses fingers*
 
Hope it heals soon enough. :) Still 4 weeks away as well so plenty of time to recover and still get the time you want.

I've got a lovely blister in between my toes from todays half marathon. :(
 
Cheers. :D

I really wanted to pick it but I've left it, hoping it doesn't stay long.

Next race I've booked is the Stockport 10 on Sunday 7th December. Out for a friends birthday the night before though so I'm not expecting anything great time wise but I'll get it done, never ran the distance as a race so guaranteed pb anyway. :p

Do want to do a race next month if I can find one, was thinking of the Abbey Dash but the transport options on that Sunday are terrible unfortunately. Might look into some xc racing instead.
 
Yeah best off to just drain it and leave it alone I've found. Shame you can't get over for the dash, it's a fast 'un!

Day 29.
Got out for a steady 5k today to see how the old arse was. Felt pretty comfortable to be honest. By the time I got back I could just about feel it so came in and had a stretch and roll. Got a decent session tomorrow night so that will be the true test.
 
Day 30!
Well it's been a month since I started training for this and feel like I have progressed pretty well.

Went out for a run with my brother after work and we managed 55 minutes of continuous running with ten faster paced intervals mixed in of between 1 and 3 minutes in length. Bit of competition between us too as we took it in turns to lead the running so we were both trying to drop each other. Was fun!

The leg is still noticeable when running on it but not as sore as it was last week. Going to keep working at it I guess. Got an hour of x-training tomorrow night so going to spend that swimming which will hopefully help loosen it off.
 
Remember mobility = maintenance. It isn't something you do periodically, but something you should be doing before and after (and in between!) each bout of exercise.

Keep working on your hips and please do not forget your quads and particularly your IT bad, as these are when nail runners in the medium-long term, and recovery from things like IT band syndrome and patella-femoral pain syndrome are possible but excruciatingly painful.

Good luck and good work! :)
 
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