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This adaptation week has been full of bad feelings from the beginning to almost the end. My mind, my body and my training plan seemed to move in to different directions. My mind was not focused, my body wanted to go fast and my plan wanted me to take it easier.
I don’t usually talk about Mondays if I did not train but this time will be different because here is where the bad feelings started. I woke up with swollen legs, ankles and feet. And I also visited my physiotherapist for my shoulder injury which is not feeling good yet but better.
On Tuesday I resumed my normal training. Well I have been doing the swim at the end of the day. I started with a one hour bike ride followed by 30minutesrun. It was not supposed to be a transition but I had to do it like that as I was a bit late. I felt slow in the run and it could be because of the swollen legs. After work I went to swim, my shoulder was not feeling great but since it was a fairly easy day I made it through, also I was aware that my arm would be a little sore from the treatment.
On Wednesday, I did something similar as Tuesday but shorter. It was a 45minutes bike ride followed by a quick transition with 15miuntes running where I had felt slightly faster than the day before. After work I went to the swimming pool for a good swim but it does not mean that I was feeling any better. Also I had an incident that I did not understand what the argue was because it was all solved the next day. But I left work with a bitter taste in my mouth. Then I enjoyed talking to a friend and watching the game.
On Thursday there was no morning session and there was only an easy run in the afternoon. The run did not go well again. I started fast and I ended up fast as well. Sure I enjoy going that fast but I needed to stay within the training plan and running 10 to 15 seconds faster than expected race pace is not good.
On Friday, I had a 1h bike ride in the morning and then after work I only had one hour swim where I actually felt a little bit better for the first time in two weeks. But Friday after work had been very busy because I had to take my front wheel for a check because it was not spinning well since the accident.
Saturday was a busy day and slightly off the training plan but it was ok this time, it was planned that way. I started my bike ride in St Feliu, the feelings were awful, I was pushing an easy gear but I was going very slowly. I could not understand that. It turned out my newly recentered wheel was touching my brake pad it took me about 15 minutes to realize about that, from that point I was not able to focus, I kept checking the wheel and I did not enjoy the ride. For some reason those 3h felt long. Then I transitioned in 3minutes which it is not bad when you think everything I had to do to do the transition, I had to put the bike in the car and start running with a friend. Usually I would have only run for 15minutes but he got me into running a bit longer, good thing is that he slows me down so running 42 minutes was not very taxing for me and the pace was good enough. Then I went to the beach, I should’ve not done that. I know how bad it is for me at this moment and I did not have a proper nutrition after the workout. Also it did not pay off as much as I expected. After the beach I went out for dinner with some friends but I went to sleep fairly early because I had to train the next day.
Sunday was short and easy but very important. I had to complete my last swim test which it was fairly good and low in shoulder discomfort. The test was fairly good if I take into account that I had been injured from shoulder and knee. Yes I hit my knee yesterday and I have a bruise that does not let me push off the wall very well. The result of the test was 90seconds per 100m which are the same results as the last test. After the swim I went for a 30minutes run. I was feeling fairly good even though my knee condition. I was not trying to go fast but I actually did a few more meters than usual so I guess I was going faster than normal, but ta least the feelings were good.
This week I had too many distractions that kept me from sleeping much again. I had a friend visiting the same day of the soccer game, we did not sleep much, then I had to do some chores and I also had a dinner that ended up late. But these short hours of sleep were worth the company.
She finally open up to me and I don’t see as much of a problem as she sees, I guess I am not in her shoes. I enjoy spending these little moments with her and I enjoy when we lie to each other until we decide that we did not mean anything we said. I still need to understand a few things but so far so good.
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