Marathon Training – Day 20

The long and winding road (do do) to your….start line.

Sorry, I’m not sure what i was trying for there. My unofficial physio came over to the apartments. I say unofficial, because I haven’t told her that I’m planning on running the marathon and that she has to treat me for free every time I injure myself. This will test to see if she’s reading the website anyway.

I’ve been harping on since day one about my weak knees and ankles and that I can’t do any real jogging until I get them sorted. Well according to Clare, it’s most likely that my problems are stemming from my posture, and the probably culprit is none other than my ass, which is pulling everything in the wrong place and putting pressure on my knees and ankles (note, she didn’t call it my ass, it is my “glutes” apparently that are the problem).

Either way, I’ve been given a load of exercises to try and fix the problem. I must take a video of me trying some of them ,they are very funny. And can I just tell you, that doing squats (one of the exercises) is outrageously painful and energy sapping! So, now that i have my exercise and things, I’ve got to put them into practice for the next month and build everything up, so I’m still on course to start doing some serious jogging after Christmas….

In the meantime it was back over to the gym for more time on the bike and the cross trainer. Really pushed myself and upped the tempo and resistance. I was sweating buckets (lovely) by the end. One thing that I find strange about particularly the bike and the cross trainer, is that on the bike, my heart rate will be lower, but I’ll be a lot more out of breath and “feeling the burn” whereas on the cross trainer, it doesn’t feel like I’m pushing myself too hard, but I’m heart rate is throught the roof?! Thoughts/Suggestions anyone?

To celebrate the fact that I had done so much in the gym, I had half a bottle of wine, half a packet of the big pack of walkers sensations and a load of after eights. Ok, so in terms of weightloss, that’s no use, but in terms of improving general levels of fitness, I think the balance was acceptable for a Sunday evening in front of the TV with X-Factor!!

That's me squatting that is

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