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| Mile 12ish (just prior to AS #2) Bear Mtn 50 Mile 2011 (5/7/2011) Photo from The North Face. |
As noted in my last post, I had a clumsy bit during North
Face Bear Mountain 50 Mile Run in New York last weekend on Saturday 5/7/2011. X-rays and a quality physical exam
showed no huge damage, yet 8 days later, I am still plagued by lingering
inflammation, pain, reduced range of motion in my Left knee, and as a result am
not running until more healing occurs.
A year or two ago, I would have tried to ignore this and not
adjusted racing plans…Yet this week I pulled out of Scienic Trail Marathon in
Chattanooga that is on 5/21. So maybe instead of driving and racing I can make up for the work I couldn’t kneel to do in my
gardens this past weekend!
Sooo when you beat yourself up and can’t follow your plans…
you get creative!
I having been working with Coach Howard Nippert for the past
almost 1.5 years to assist me with my training. Assigned means what he set for
me before bruising fall. When I started this week I limped each time I bent my
knee, yet things are looking up! This is a recovery, not training, week!
Reality notes what I did or plan to do!
I have adjusted my food intake just a little…no
sugar/creamer in morning coffee and a serving less wine each day this week…And
thankfully, sanity is thus far, prevailing!
day
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Assigned
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Reality
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Sun 5/8
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off
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Walk w/ Mom 4 miles slow on Mother’s Day
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Mon 5/9
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Cross Train
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Walk 3.8 miles early am (plus airport miles) before flying
back to NC
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Tues 5/10
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30 min run 40 min walk
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½ mile swim, pool run for 10 minutes, 30 minutes flat walk
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Wed 5/11
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45 min run
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45 min elliptical
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Thurs 5/12
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XT (cross train)
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4.7 mile walk, flat
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Fri 5/13
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20 min run, 5X1 min w/ 1 min rec, 20 min w/d
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Same yet done on elliptical at intensity 11.
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Sat 5/14
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40 min run
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45 minute elliptical intensity 11
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Sun 5/15
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75 minute run
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75 minute elliptical, 11
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Mon 5/16
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40 minute run
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Planned 40 minute elliptical , ½ mile breaststroke and
core
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I'll adjust this coming weeks training in a like fashion with hopes to being back hiking/running on Saturday 5/21...Body will dictate, passion and enthusiasm will be adjusted!
How to you stay sane/ preserve fitness with a little set
back such as this???? I am most curious! Please share!
4 comments:
I had a similar experience last year, except my spill occurred in a parking lot and my knee hit a speed bump. Ended up taking about a month off with what the athletic trainers at the colleg I was working at diagnosed as knee bursitis. I did nothing but swam for that month, but had zero pain when I started running again.
Excellent post. Thnak you for good articles and good informations i follow blogs you too.
Continue to stay patient. That is your ticket!
I like swimming and pool running when I am recovering from a race or feeling gimpy---swim 500-1,000 yards and then pool run with a belt for 15-20 minutes. I also do core strength workouts about 2-3x week when time permits.
Hang in there and enjoy the extra time you have on the weekend in the garden and with your hubby!
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