An interesting evening. Momentum, Massage & Media
I went down Palmer Park track to do some speedwork & get a massage off one of the best value sports masseuse's in the area (June, available every Wednesday night at Palmer Park Leisure Centre). I felt a bit sluggish going into my warmup & session, in part due to my run 5 hours before. Another causative factor could be the density of quality work I've been doing over the last 7 days. I should really back-off now before any damage is done, and to allow some sort of recovery for the County championships.The session went as follows:
2 Miles Warm-up around track, incorporating Leslie Whiley's mobility drills, blue NB 832's.
3 x 1k solo- progressively faster, 90 seconds recovery (3:21, 3:13, 3:11), Saucony Fastwitch.
2 Miles Cooldown around park with 'Gorilla' Grove, blue NB 832's.
3 x 1k solo- progressively faster, 90 seconds recovery (3:21, 3:13, 3:11), Saucony Fastwitch.
2 Miles Cooldown around park with 'Gorilla' Grove, blue NB 832's.
Felt light soreness in my glutes on the repetitions, but it felt like a D.O.M.S (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness) type pain, you learn to recognize it after a while. Achieved my aims for the session, specifically starting steady & getting progressively faster throughout the session (more of a pace judgement workout than any sort of deep aerobic/anaerobic stimulus), but I can see 3:12's for 5k being incredibly tough on Saturday. I may lower my sights somewhat, based on how I feel come the big day.
I then went to see June for my massage. She hammered my calves, which felt incredibly tight in the upper soleus, medial side. They're sore now, but hopefully the investment will pay off. My glutes counter-intuitively were fine.
On a different note, my blog has hit the media, the Reading Post to be specific!
I certainly didn't ask for the plug, but I do appreciate it (cheers Mr Eldon)! I certainly didn't perceive my blog as a means of my 'spilling' of the proverbial 'beans', or revealing my tastes! Perhaps I will be careful not to give away too many of my secrets in future posts! ;) Seriously though, I will be keeping my site as accurate as ever, both for your benefit & mine. If it manages to do something for running at any level, I'll be dead chuffed. I might have to clean up the language a touch though, and I don't mean my grammer! Show/Hide this post [+/-]
3 Comments:
Interesting read. Keep up the good work. From a fellow Reading Roadrunner.
Yeh, interesting stuff. Tells me what I need to do to beat you next time :-)
BTW congrats on the Bracknell Half win; first of many I should think. Found anywhere to put all that glassware?
John (3rd Brackenll, 1st vet)
Well Mr Matthews,
Believe it or not, the said glassware gave me the impetus I needed to purchase a trophy cabinet!
Got to say, surely your suffering a similar problem with your haul?
Hopefully your right with the 'first of many' compliment. We will have to see...
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