Back on track...........just about

So a week of mixed emotions.....

Started off on monday with a 20 minute tester to see how the legs were. My shins and ankles felt slightly strange but there were no ill reactions post run, so I upped it to 30mins on Tuesday morning. Again I felt fine and so decided to go on the track that evening. I did 6x 3minutes off 2mins recovery, and it felt amazing to be running on the track for the first time in 18 months :) However straight after the session I knew I had done too much....

Role on to Saturday and I managed 40 minutes easy running, the first run I had managed since Tuesdays exploits. I definately paid for my lack of patience...

On a brighter note, the weather here in Blackburn is gorgeous, maybe even as nice as what my training group from Loughborough are experiencing in South Africa.....yeh right!! Spent yesterday afternoon at Rivington Pike, where Tom Cee put in a decent performance to finish 3rd, and then did another 40mins this morning in the sun once again! Apart from that there hasn't been that much excitement really. Lets just hope I can be sensible over the next week or so and not upset my recovery.

I'll keep you posted,

Pete

P.S Happy Easter

Les Arc

Hi again. There's been lots going on since I lasted posted. My rehab started to take shape rather quickly, which was very pleasing. I just added a mile or so a day and was soon up to 50mins of running. A week last friday I did my first double day, 30mins in the morning and then 35 at night! Happy days! Was up at 3.30 the next day though and on the way to Manchester airport. Our 7 o clock flight to Grenoble and what turned out to be a 4 hour transfer, weren't great but we just got on with it and were in Les Arc by mid afternoon. For the first two days the weather was pretty poor, which made skiing difficult, but after this we had a near perfect week. We also had a great night out, and bumped into some old school friends who were out there, which was a great surprise! Small world!!!


I also got some solid training in whilst there, making use of the 1800m altitude (if that was possible for the 7 days I was there!!!) My training consisted of a 30min run on sunday, 1hr on monday and 30mins on the tuesday. These were all done on some of the flatter slopes right outside the hotel door, and with my brother for company on the short runs! On the Wednesday I did my first session since the op. I went for 18 x 40secs uphill with a jog back recovery. This was done on a dirt road, with my bro doing 4 sets of 3. The session went really well and I was over the moon to be back doing some more quality running. Unfortunately though later that night the bottom of my left shin was playing up, and so I took thursday off. Ran friday without pain but afterwards I could feel it niggling again so I decided to leave it for the weekend and start back running on the monday of my return home, when hopefully it should have settled down.

I'll keep you informed on progress this week,

Pete