Yesterday I had a lazy day, sleeping for 11 hours, only getting up 11:30, and then watching a Murder She Wrote marathon, followed by a bath, and then back to bed. My excuse was to recover from the fall yesterday, although other than some stiffness and aches, I was actually fine.
To make up for all that laziness, I ran to Hertford this morning, as part of W6R2 of C25K. That's it for intervals now, from here to the end it is all longer runs with no walking breaks. Will be interesting to see how my left knee holds up.
I tripped on a stone and nearly fell, but luckily just a bit of ungainly staggering and I was able to continue running this time.
Once at the gym, I swam a few lengths of backstroke and breaststroke, did some stretches, and then spent 20 minutes in the sauna as the pool got a little crowded for me. The pool just had a few swimmers in it when I emerged from the sauna, so I hopped back in for a few more lengths and some stretching.
I hold onto the side of the pool, facing the edge, and then try to lift my body straight onto the surface with my arms stretched out onto the edge of the pool. That gets my arm up next to my ear, and I feel the stretch along my lats and shoulder blades mostly. I do the same thing but facing sideways and my left arm on the pool edge, then try and get my body up to the surface again, sideways. That stretch I feel in my actual shoulder, and it hurts. But it gets bit easier each time. I also stand in the water and swing my arms vigorously round the front and then around the back, raising them from waist height to shoulder height with each repetition. My left arm still doesn't like going behind my back, but again, gets easier each time.
Backstroke was better today, with my left arm able to lift up straight out of the water and come up to shoulder level before dropping out to the side. And breaststroke is pretty much a normal stroke now, so that's a huge improvement.
Got the train back home - well, need to rest my knees :-)
To make up for all that laziness, I ran to Hertford this morning, as part of W6R2 of C25K. That's it for intervals now, from here to the end it is all longer runs with no walking breaks. Will be interesting to see how my left knee holds up.
I tripped on a stone and nearly fell, but luckily just a bit of ungainly staggering and I was able to continue running this time.
Once at the gym, I swam a few lengths of backstroke and breaststroke, did some stretches, and then spent 20 minutes in the sauna as the pool got a little crowded for me. The pool just had a few swimmers in it when I emerged from the sauna, so I hopped back in for a few more lengths and some stretching.
I hold onto the side of the pool, facing the edge, and then try to lift my body straight onto the surface with my arms stretched out onto the edge of the pool. That gets my arm up next to my ear, and I feel the stretch along my lats and shoulder blades mostly. I do the same thing but facing sideways and my left arm on the pool edge, then try and get my body up to the surface again, sideways. That stretch I feel in my actual shoulder, and it hurts. But it gets bit easier each time. I also stand in the water and swing my arms vigorously round the front and then around the back, raising them from waist height to shoulder height with each repetition. My left arm still doesn't like going behind my back, but again, gets easier each time.
Backstroke was better today, with my left arm able to lift up straight out of the water and come up to shoulder level before dropping out to the side. And breaststroke is pretty much a normal stroke now, so that's a huge improvement.
Got the train back home - well, need to rest my knees :-)
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