Bit of a late recap from last week’s training, I thought I had already posted it and I’ve been super busy working/revising for exam/doing an assignment! Here is how week 3 went:
Mon: Upper Body Weights + 3 mile Walk
Tues: Rest Day
Weds: 6 mile Run + 3.6 mile Walk
Thurs: 4 mile Run + Lower Body Weights + 3.6 mile Walk
Fri: Total Body Blast Circuits
Sat: 4.4 mile Run + 45 min Spin class
Sun: Rest Day 3.6 mile Walk
I haven’t really felt comfortable since starting this training cycle, I don’t feel like I had adequate rest/time off post ultra (1 week) and I just feel like I keep getting constant niggles despite running relatively low mileage compared to during ultra training. I’m just getting fed up of running through the pain and feeling like something isn’t right.
My runs last week all came with the joyful delight of burning pain/pressure in my left calf, it is only while I run, and it’s so bad I feel like I am running on one leg. It got to the point where it was so bad during Thurs/Sat runs that I decided to skip my Sunday long run and take a full week off running to allow it some time to heal. I changed my trainers a while ago and if anything it has made it worse, I don’t know what Asics have done to the new GT-2000 but it will be the last pair of them I buy, and I’ve been running in them (2170′s older version) for 5 years!
I’m not sure what the issue is, but it’s the same leg I was getting knee pain a few weeks ago. From what I can gather on Google it seems like it might be compartment syndrome, which is definitely no bueno, hence why I’m resting it now and hoping it clears up! I’m also going in heavy on the anti-inflams with Terranova’s Joint Support and Pukka’s active blend! I can already feel a difference, so fingers crossed!
I only managed to get in one spinning class this week as it was a crazy busy week with work/revising and two days at Wimbledon, including one day queuing from 5.30am and not getting home til post 9pm- exhausting but worth it!
This was the last week of Phase 1 of the fat burn revolution, I can’t wait to get back onto Phase 2 (I did one week of it post ultra and then started over as I took a few weeks off) although I remember it being insanely hard! Will be nice to mix up my weight workouts though!
Really hoping the break from running helps the calf, and I can get back to running pain free and enjoying it next week!
