Monday 27 April 2015

Week 18 Weight 69 Rory: Tapering

After a good chat with Nick and a shorter one with Paddy Robbins I am tapering now. 

I have the Steenbergen 24 hour race on 9th May and it is all about resting before the race.

So the last week I did a couple of 20km runs in bin bags and weighted jacket, as well as some  hill and interval work. The Rory was substituted for a run to the pool and back on Saturday. I also swam twice and kept up the core strength work.  

I have have adopted the Machinist diet and I have been under 70kg for the last six days.

The pain in my toenail was solved by cutting the bits that were sticking into the flesh in the corners away and disinfecting it. This seems to have worked as the pain is completely gone.

This week I will do  a run to the pool and swim two-three times.  Very gentle, no bin bags or weighted jacket.  

Next week will be complete rest,  well apart from the gentle gentle strength work I do in the form of the seven minute routine  from Google play.

I will be preparing food. for the race with the intention of taking on a minimum 100 calories an hour. I will have

Cheese
Ham
Chicken
Turkey
SISW go Energy drink 
Gels
Rice pudding
Custom made energy bars ( Peanut butter, mars bars, oats blitz in a microwave)
Custom made gels ( Greek yoghurt butter and Macadamia nuts)
Treats ( chocolate ,  kiddy johurts )


Tuesday 21 April 2015

Week 17 weight 71 Rory too many DNFs

Somebody  wrote recently that tra running  bloggers don't  blog bad news. This true. I have not been  doing  well and have  failedto report.

I  have  not really got back into  running since my injury.  Sure I have met the frequency and distance  targets I have set myself but it is not enough.

The weight is stablised and that is not good. I am generally  ok during  the  week  and then blow all the gains away at the weekend and end up being the in the same  place again.  So I am  going  to  kick start the weight loss by adopting the Machinist  diet. One apple and one can of tuna a day.

I  haven't  done a Rory in a while as the hamstring pain that stop me running in the Eschollbruecker 50km has not gone away. I  have  a massage booked for tomorrow  and a visit to the chiropractor on Monday.

Additionally I had a problem  with  my big toes on my right foot.  The toes nail has start to grow in the wrong direction. I  will  have soak it and then hack away to relieve the pressure.

That's  all.
I  will  blog on Monday. Promise.