Sunday 16th december
Swimming pool
150m warm-up
Breast stroke - 5x50m w/ 30sec. recovery: 50, 51, 52, 51, 53 sec
2min. rest
Front crawl - 5x50m w/ 30sec. recovery: 44, 46, 48, 59, 55
One shot:
50m breaststroke: 46.00s (pb)
50m front crawl: 38.11s (pb)
My hamstring tendons pain got worse. At first i thought it was just DOMS but it looks like it’s more. I’ll use EMS on calf and lower hamstring, hot/cold packs… if it doesn’t get better physiotherapist again
Wow it’s been a while since I updated this journal… I had gotten lazy
In this period I didn’t do too much, swimming once or twice per week, this time with friends so it was never really a workout. At the gym couldn’t lift heavy weights due to my ankle so did mainly bodyweight exercises
My ankle is feeling much better now but I wouldn’t say it’s 100% healed, woah slowest recovery ever.
Sunday 13th January
Training in park
20mn warm up, with slow accelerations in the hills
basic drills on hill and multi jumps
20x60m in 15secs, with 30s ‘walkback’ rest
Ahhh feels so good to be running again
Monday 14th January
20mn jog
Strides (80% intensity) across the football field 6x
Hurdle Mobility
Medicine ball work
Wednesday 16th January
Warm up
2x30m at 100%. I feel powerful in the acceleration phase, certainly due to the weight lifting sessions
My ankle started hurting a bit after both runs so I decided to call it a session. Appointment with physiotherapist tomorrow, will go get a kinesio tape
I hope the pain goes away by Saturday, i’ll be running first leg of 4x200 relay
Saturday 19th January
Meet: 4x200m Relay
I ran first leg, felt quite good during the whole run, especially after 50m. 2nd leg ran it well but collapsed with the 3rd runner so we lost alot of ground
I’m still awaiting the video, curious to see how my form was. Will post it too
how’s the foot??
The ankle is recovering slowly, had not too much pain at the warm up and during the run. I ran with an ankle strap though. But after the run I had some pain, went away with ice…
Here’s the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULO7bNBlXWc
first leg the blue runner, starts at 00:20. What do you think of my form? Some say it has improved
Any input appreciated
Monday 21th January
Strength training
Squat 2x5 198lbs, 1x5 242lbs (PR)
Pull ups 3x8 (should be weighted but there was no waist belt)
Back extensions
Swimming:
Running in water, quite exhausting lol
Wedensday 23th January
Stadium workout (stairs)
3x acceleration position
2x ankle hops
2x going up the stairs in a deep squat position
2x frog jumps
3x running as fast possible up the stairs
Medicine ball exercises for core, with partner
I’m going to try a couple of those stair workouts.
Nice work on the squat. What was your previous best??
Thanks, it was 1x3 231lbs before
Saturday 26th January
Indoor meet
200m: 22.76 (PB) previous one was 23.14 from last year.
My acceleration was pretty good, but I had trouble transitioning to full speed as usual. Last 50m were better than usual. Will upload vid as soon it’s up
Here’s the video of my run saturday. Aren’t my arms going too far back? (lane 6)
Sunday 27th January
Swimming Pool
5x50m breaststroke: 52 - 53 - 55 - 51 - 53 secs
Running in water
Monday 28th january
Strength training
Squats: 1x10 132lbs , 1x8 154lbs , 1x6 176lbs (going down in a 3 -2-1 count then explode up)
Pull up: 3x8 with 22lbs resistance
Glute kick backs: 3x10 lvl 40
Back hypers: 3x10
Core exercises
Tuesday 29th January
Swimming pool
Few lengths 50m
High skip in water several sets, 30sec reps
Running in water
Wednesday 30th January
Warm up
Feel ankle discomfort while doing A’s B’s etc
Tried few block starts over 40m but ankle couldn’t handle it, so went to the stairs and did some exercises on it (ie running as fast as possible up the stairs)
Core exercises
Saturday 2th february
60m season opener: 7.26
My acceleration was pretty good, once upright I could feel pain in my ankle and by the 45m mark I slowed down considerably. Was able to keep up with the winner (7.04) till the 40m mark so I know 7.10 is a distinct possibility.
Video of the run (lane 7)
I’m going to get that ankle checked again and stop running on it as I’m aggrevating it. Next meet is 3th march if all goes right
Last week I didn’t do heavy weights to let my ankle recover. Kept on swimming and running in water though…