Well, only 3 days to go now before I start my VLM 2012 training plan. I decided to go for a 14 week plan instead of my originally planned 16 week one because it has fits in better with my post injury mileage build up.
It's been a long hard road to recovery since injuring my knee back in September, but I'm finally feeling confident enough to say that I'm ready to train for the marathon, and I certainly didn't think I'd be saying that back in November when I'd been resting my knee for 2 months only to find there was no improvement. Several trips to a physio and chiropractor later seem to have done the trick.
I have been very steadily building up my mileage since early December and being able to complete a 5 miler injury free on Boxing Day was certainly a great Christmas present!! In January I started to add a short interval session each week to see if my knee could cope with speedier paces and I was glad to report that not only was my pace pretty good, but my fitness has stayed with me, which I think is down to my commutes to work on my bike whilst I couldn't run. I completed a 7 miler last weekend and I did my first hill session since the injury yesterday . . . that was hard, and my glutes are certainly feeling the pain today.
BRING ON MONDAY !!!
It's been a long hard road to recovery since injuring my knee back in September, but I'm finally feeling confident enough to say that I'm ready to train for the marathon, and I certainly didn't think I'd be saying that back in November when I'd been resting my knee for 2 months only to find there was no improvement. Several trips to a physio and chiropractor later seem to have done the trick.
I have been very steadily building up my mileage since early December and being able to complete a 5 miler injury free on Boxing Day was certainly a great Christmas present!! In January I started to add a short interval session each week to see if my knee could cope with speedier paces and I was glad to report that not only was my pace pretty good, but my fitness has stayed with me, which I think is down to my commutes to work on my bike whilst I couldn't run. I completed a 7 miler last weekend and I did my first hill session since the injury yesterday . . . that was hard, and my glutes are certainly feeling the pain today.
BRING ON MONDAY !!!
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