Decided to go out on my road bike rather than mountain bike.
Left the house at about 5:45am. It was a beautiful morning.
My route went from Bristol, down the A38 to Churchill, through to Winscombe, over to Axbridge and then Cheddar. Up through Cheddar Gorge (photo) and then over to Priddy, West Harptree, Chew Valley lake, over Dundry hill and finally back into Bristol.
3 hours, 50 miles = tired back, tired legs, sore backside.
Back to running tomorrow night - over to the BAD Kids track night at Filton Sports Academy and then a longer route back.
During the ride today, I had the following track running through my mind - No batteries required!
4 comments:
Hi Luke
Glad your training is progressing well. Impressive time in the 10k recently...I noticed in the picture you had your left knee strapped...has that helped with the tendonitis you had trouble with earlier in the year?
I am struggling with a left knee injury at the moment - everything else feels ok - but cannot get on top of this one...frustrating as the weeks to go are ticking down!
All the best with the rest of the training...
Miles
Hi Miles,
My left knee is usually the first part of my body to start to complain (tendonitis). However, the cause is elsewhere in my left leg due to tightness - mostly hamstring, but glutes, calf and ITB as well. The knee is just the resultant injury.
I haven't found one cure, but am trying to keep to the following:
- RICE my left knee after long runs
- Regular sports therapy massage
- Regular use of ITB roller
- Weights to try to even-out leg imbalances
- Stretching
When I forget/ignore to do the above, I usually pay for it pretty quickly. In fact, I'm sat here now with a sore left knee after a 14 mile run last night. This, when combined with a 10k race and 3 hours bike ride, with none of the above in between, was easily enough to get my knee complaining!
Thanks. I think a visit to a sports physio is in order. Do you find the strapping helps?
To be honest, I think the knee support only helps a little during short intense runs like the 10k race. I do find it helps a little to reduce patella knee soreness.
I have used the stretchy support *after* a long run as a part of my riCe regime, as my left knee was swelling a bit after long runs and the stretch support helped to reduce this.
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