So here we are 3 days into the New Year. I've started 2014 fitter, leaner, stronger and injured! Yep after 12 months of good, real good progress in the fitness stakes I find myself unable to run. On the second of January I thought I would get my backside out of bed and bimble off on a steady 5 - 6 mile jog. Nothing to strenuous, a bimble. 9 minute per mile pace, one and three quarter mile in the calf muscle starts to tighten, This old fool did nothing, plodded on, after all these years of reading I ignored everything and 36 hours later I will miss the Saturday cross country/hill training (gutted), Sunday off the bike, if I am sensible I wont run for at least a week.
Thankfully I can still swim and ride my bike. Today I was a managed a swim set and and hour on the turbo trainer. Since I started training seriously I have been very lucky with regard to injury. However in the short space of time since Thursday morning I have felt something is strange, not because I haven't run but because of the thought of enforced time off, no choice. My sympathies go out to all those athletes out there who are forced out for long periods of time with real injuries.
Returning to Triathlons and training, after a long time away (years). I thought maybe I should keep a record of it; however I have been pretty damn useless at that so Im tri(ing) again in 2014.
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