More inauspicious beginnings. Fat, sleep deprived, hit by car... do the calamities ever end!?
The mourning period has expired, however, so its time to get motivated! The master plan is now to kick ass in XC 2007, so come september I'd better bring my A game. 04/29 - 05/26 will be some resting and strengthening to lay the foundation for a solid, injury free base phase (05/27 - 08/31) leading up to a month and a half racing season with Riverside as the tentative peak race.
Current focus areas will be:
1) Bridging the injury gap, cardio-wise. This means NOT starting base phase 15 lbs overweight and with a resting HR of 75 like last year. Right now, this means riding and ellipticizing like crazy. Hopefully latter weeks will support 1-3 sessions per weeok of aqua-jogging or slow grass jogging per week to make sure the transition to training will go smoothly.
2) Strengthening, ankle and otherwise. Healed is not enough, got to make sure the imbalances that are causing the defective left footstrike are corrected before the next training cycle begins. Also need to keep up core strengthening for my hip flexor issue and maybe even hit the gym a little bit. Sometimes my shoulders cramp on long runs and that's sad.
Sunday 04/29: 61.8 miles, 4 hours and 4 minutes riding along the River trails. Encountered my first hit and run--an old person made a right turn into me in S. Pas, and sped off happily. Grrrrr.... *shakes fist* Bruised and bloody, but nothing mechanical is broken. Bike a bit banged up, needs a trip to Steve's. Got up, wiped off the blood and rode 60 miles after that--tough like Lance. Good ride, ate cliff bar, rode strong through the end, faster than last time by a lot.
Monday 04/30: off. Body stiff and achey from crash, but healing better than I thought--maybe bc of weird recovery enzymes. R neck and L hip are worst off, in terms of non superficial injuries. SCIAC finals, Eichenlaub with an impressive 5K finish. Old people dinner with Chris, John and Ryan, fun.
Tuesday 05/01: 65 minutes ellipticizing at 140-165 bpm. HR uncommonly high, not sure why. Still not feeling great from the accident. Core strengthening was extremely painful bc of the bruising. Vaguely disgruntled, but feeling cautiously optimistic too, glad that I've exited binge-eating mode.
Wednesday 05/02: 36.8 miles, 2 hours 56 minutes, Wilson to Clear Creek on the bike. Slept very poorly, so was conveniently awake at 6 am to go on a ride. Took it real easy, tried to maintain high cadence. Climbing was really weak like last time, feel like musculature has fundamentally changed from last year (HR is low, but legs just can't push). Great on the flats, so much fun to go fast.
Thursday 05/03: 65 minutes ellipticizing at 140-165 bpm. Failed to wake up at 6 am to go riding, so more ellipticizing in the PM. Felt pretty good, wanted to do 90 minutes, but ran out of time. Core strengthening, then off to the airport to catch red-eye to Mississippi for Mary-Hall's wedding!
Friday 05/04 - Saturday 05/05: Nothing. Unless you can count sleep deprivation as physically taxing... the south is full of trees, cows, pecans and fried food. Allergies really bad, no time to do anything. Consuming ~8000 calories a day. Fried catfish excellent. Need to go home soon.
7 hours riding, 2 hours 10 minutes of ellipticizing in preparation for the damage from the weekend.
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