“If you greatly desire something,
have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it”
Brendan Francis
Resting HR (average): 60
Injury status: Both shins 4/10
Neural stretching (knee to nose. averages in cm):
Baseline 29; Afterwards 25
This week was even worse than the preceding week. I started off with a couple of runs, but then the Shins started to become sore. It’s frustrating, but I believe it’s also related to my neural tension, as opposed to muscle soreness.
The second half of the week was simply laziness, struggling to get up and questioning whether I want to or can run the Comrades marathon. I guess these are the struggles every Comrades marathon runner goes through, but it would nice to be able to train without the injuries compounding the difficulty.
As I’ve been struggling to wake up, I’ve decided to stop taking my sleeping tablets, as they may be one of my biggest hindrances. I’ve stopped going to the musculoskeletal specialist because I don’t think he had anything to offer, and was simply charging me a fortune to keep reviewing me without doing anything!
Once again I find “If it is to be, it’s up to me…”
| Mon 20 July | 6km |
| Tue 21 July | 12km |
| Wed 22 July | 45 min cycle |
| Thur 23 July | 6km |
| Fri 24 July | |
| Sat 25 July | |
| Sun 26 July | |
| Mileage | 24km |
| Running Load | 63 |
“The starting point of alla chievement is desire”
Napoleon Hill
July 28th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Fire up mate! Maybe you should start wearing Nike shoes and ‘Just do it’!!!
July 28th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Thanks for your encouragement…you were nice to Rheanna!
Don’t worry I’ll get there with my Mizuno’s!
September 5th, 2009 at 4:51 am
Sanjay. Just about anybody can do Comrades, especially you. You will doubt yourself up to the last mile of the race. My famous words are ” I know a lot of people that tried to do Comrades and failed. I doubt I know anybody that said they would do Comrades and did not”.
Be positive, you’ll make it.
September 6th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Hi Leon,
Thank you so much for your kind words. Training in another country makes it tougher, because ultramarathons are not something that many people do. It helps to gain wisdom from Comrades runners who have run it.
Whilst I know I can do it, I guess until I’ve run it, there will always be the lingering doubts at the back of the mind.
Hope your training is going well, and look forward to running with you in 2010!