Parkrun Improve

[NeilJ]

Hi Neil .. I was most happy to see the breakthrough

hopefully training this week has been more enjoyable

TheEd

Thanks Coach, as life would have it just at the point of breakthrough I had a little mishap. I was sorting out my garage on the Sunday just after my breakthrough park run and reignited an old injury in my lower lumber spinal area, so my apologies for the lack of posting over the past 10 days.
 
I did manage an 8K shuffle last Tuesday in 57’36 as I tried to complete my 12K tempo training but at the 4K mark decided to err on the side of caution and turned back.

Having missed the speed session on Wednesday I ran a slow 5.29K  in 33’23 trot, Friday on the flat just to establish if I could manage Saturdays parkrun, that wasn’t too bad.

I did manage to get through Saturday on my home parkrun course with gritted teeth in 26’27. I was in a fair amount of pain and even screwed my watch up but got my time from the PR site.

Having done some exercises prescribed by previous Biokineticist visits, by today Tuesday, I felt that I could attempt a run and went into the vineyards and am happy to report that although a little tense and very mild lower back discomfort, I was able to get though my tough 10K route: 10,39 Km in 1:05’39. I think that my AHR may reflect the state of my current condition at 146 BPM. I think that this was a response to the stress and tension that held my run and form together, rather than any malaise or real pain that I felt.

Post recovery I do feel a slight pain in my lower back and will monitor that and run accordingly for the balance of the week. If I’m in good enough shape I will tackle the speed session on Thursday, otherwise it may just be a light jog.