Training Log Archive: Dolf

Still a little discomfort in the achilles and another hot day so I didn't feel like doing the midday commute home.
Opted to dust off the windtrainer when I got home instead.
Easy warm up for 10min then ½hour steady with a few harder efforts and 5min cool down.

Early afternoon run with Liz from OPH around lake Gwelup and back.
Warm out and we stopped for a short walk (at my request) after 3k. I had a drink bottle with me and didn't like the drink sloshing around in the bottle as I ran so I had it all during the walk. It was then sloshing in my stomach rather than the bottle and no less irritating.
I felt a slight discomfort in my right calf/achilles at around 4k. Twenty minutes after the run the slight discomfort turned into a slight limp so plenty of ice and anti-inflams. I think I'll have to commence a strict eccentric calf strengthening/stretching regime to stop this from getting any worse.

As expected Liz hardly worked up a sweat and probably just managed to get above her resting HR.

Hot afternoon for the ride home, I needed to get home a bit earlier today so I just rode to Edgewater station and caught the train to Clarkson. I decided to put in a solid effort as I wasn't going the full distance, the Easterly was a little helpful coming out of the city but not much fun when I headed North and the occasional NE gust slowed me down a bit.
I managed to average just under 30k/hr for the first 10k but slowed down after that. I felt pretty cooked at the end and glad to stop when I did as from Edgewater to Clarkson there is no shade and I was down to half a bottle of water with the temp around 35°.

Ride from Edgewater train station into the city.
Started with very tired legs but they felt ok after 20mins.