“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up.
It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed.
Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up.
It knows that it must run faster
than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve.
It doesn’t matter whether you’re a lion or a gazelle
when the sun comes up you’d better be running”
Resting HR (average): 54
Injury status: Right Hamstring tear 2/10
Neural stretching (knee to nose. averages in cm):
Baseline 31; Afterwards 27
This week I had to manage my hamstring and get back into some running. Monday and Tuesday I could only do small amounts as the hamstring was still tight, so I only did 4km and 10km.
Wednesday was a strengthening session, and Thursday a gentle 6km.
Friday morning I got up a bit late, but felt really good doing 22km. Whilst it was slow and I started to get a bit stiff after 15km, I felt I could have run 30km quite easily. Unfortunately I ran out of time as I left late, and I had an early morning appointment.
Saturday we did a long walk. I find it much harder on the feet than running, so it is something I’m going to have to increase leading up to comrades.
Because of the Currie Cup final on Saturday night/Sunday morning, Sunday was a sleep in! Unfortunately no training got done.
On Sunday I officially entered Comrades Marathon 2010! There is not long to go, and plenty of training to do. Like the Lion…when the sun comes up, I’d better be running…
| Mon 26 Oct | 4km, 30 min cycle |
| Tue 27 Oct | 10km, Abs, Squats, Step exercises |
| Wed 28 Oct | Weights, 30 min cycle |
| Thur 29 Oct | 6km, Abs |
| Fri 30 Oct | 22km |
| Sat 31 Oct | |
| Sun 1 Nov | |
| Mileage | 42km |
| Running Load | 107 |
“A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure
until he begins to blame somebody else.”
Steve Prefontaine
