As my first race of the season is just around the corner, I have ramped up my training! Last weekend I was in cycling heaven - Parry Sound! So awesome there! My second family always welcomes me there and I got some awesome training in. As I still did not get the go-ahead to run yet, I just cycled. I rode 110km one day followed by a tough but great 130km ride the next averaging 175W. Not bad, not bad!
Saw the sports doc midweek and he seemed a but baffled as to why I am in more pain after the 2nd PRP injection than before. Ya, me too! I am pretty sure he hit a nerve though because of the pain I went through. Well, I asked about Ironman and he told me it was not a good goal to have anymore. I am not quite ready to accept that though. He told me I can try running again and to start at 1km every other day. I asked him if I could make it worse by running and he did not think so. So with that, I made a new game plan!
I have decided that if I could get up to 15km of running before MT 70.3 then I was going to go for it. I want to finish this race as I took a charity spot for it. I am willing and ready to pull out of the run at the Calgary 70.3. And I do not want a DNF at Ironman! I want another finish. However, I am not expecting any new PBs this year and I won`t kill myself trying to get one. My purpose is solely to finish and nothing else.
I discussed this with my chiro and to my surprise, he said he was on board with me. I know - I am just plain ol`stubborn and determined! That mixed with stupidity and this is where I am. I think I need to go to a sports psychologist or something, for real! There are apparently five stages of emotion during an injury: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Well, I kind of got to acceptance but I backtracked to bargaining! Hehe! That is where I think I am at now. Oh oh! I know I should be patient and wait, and I got some good advise but I cannot help myself. (Sorry, Duncan! But I am going back to shore and going to try to swim across later! I know - wrong!)
So with this, I ramped up my training big time. I am currently in Lake Placid for the week to train and then heading to Mont Tremblant to race. This was the plan for a while now since I thought I was going to be able to run by now. After my chiro and doc appointment, I ran 5km and then 10km the next day. Yup, from zero to 5 to 10! I recognize how stupid that is. Then I ran 16km! I did it! Good news: I did not make my hammy any worse. Bad news: it is still painful. My pace is pathetically slow but I will take it. And I am being very diligent with icing it too! Anything to help me get there. The first day in Lake Placid I rode 90km, did a 10min run off the bike, and then a 2.5km swim. Yesterday I swam just over 5km in the lake and then followed that with the 16km run later in the day. Today was a hardcore type of day! 2.6km swim followed by 150km bike in the pouring rain where I even got a flat and then a 5km run off the bike. I can do this! I will be careful! I promise!
Living like an athlete is pretty fun though! All I have to do is eat, sleep, and train! Not a bad set up for now! Then back to real life by next week. Gonna enjoy it in the meantime!
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