A spirit rekindled.

Just remembered I had once started a blog and upon opening it, I realised that I hadn't even covered my last two events of last season (2014)!... That may give an indication of how it all finished. Following on from London, I didn't really recover from the calf injury, which was eventually diagnosed as torn tendons (yes, both legs!), requiring a lot more rehab than planned. I hadn't known this, going in to Challenge Weymouth Half, but, that didn't matter in the end, as my race was over in the swim, before it had started. But, I'm sure you are all only too aware of the conditions at Weymouth, so I'll leave it there... I went to see Becky, the physio, after Weymouth and it was her that diagnosed the issue with torn tendons, giving me stretches and exercises to do, as well as a 12 week running rehab plan. The stretches are mainly aimed at avoiding ITB tightness. The exercise has been mainly heel drops, single legged and the return (up) part has to be done with both legs together, so as to not over exert the tendon! Talk about monotonous... Admittedly, I have never been one for stretching before, or after training, and it's still hard to remember to do it. So, I was happy to know that there was infact a way out of this injury spiral, and with renewed enthusiasm I got stuck in. There is no affect on my cycling, and swimming is unaffected, too, so it's not like I'm losing heaps of fitness. But, still I suffered a set back, though! The rehab was going very well, following the programme of varying lengths of intervals, with varied recoveries, all done in a tempo/ jog format. Last week, half way through the 9th week, my right calf pulled tight again! I stopped quickly, and managed to avoid doing further damage, but still, it doesn't do running confidence much good. Desperate to get this sorted out, and soon, I have an appointment with James Dunne (Kinetic Rev), arranged for when I get home, so I'm praying that somewhere between all the messing about I've done this season, he may be able to see what's going on... I really don't fancy a life of Aquathons! I have my season already planned, starting with a wee super sprint in April, (only because it is on my doorstep), I steadily increase the distances, until I get to August and the Rubicon tri. Really looking forward to that one, no idea why, but that's the one, my one and only 'A' race of 2015... If I'm running by then! Training (bike) over the past few weeks has been going really well, with good power increases on the Watt Bike, every repeat cycle. This is two fold, as it obviously bodes well for next season, but also further spurs me on to go face the wall, sitting on the Watt Bike, for yet another mind numbing session. I'm off the rig in a few days, and hopefully, between Becky and James, I'll be on track (sorry!) to running recovery again...