10 weeks and a clean bill of health (sort of)
by Charles @ The long road to Ironman
If you look to your left, you should be able to find the countdown to Canada and notice that we have passed the 70 day mark (10 weeks). If all goes well, 10 weeks from now I will be wearing $500 worth of finisher's gear and mixing my recovery drink with rum in celebration of my 16 hour and 58 minute IM finish (I'm being optimistic and think that I will finish a full 2minutes before midnight).
As the race gets closer I am torn between wishing the stupid race was over and I could get back to something resembling a normal life (one without pain) and wishing I still had 20 weeks left so I might actually be "ready" for the race if one can ever really be ready for their first IM. I need to keep reminding myself that what i should be feeling isn't either of these emotions but more of a sense of excitement and anticipation! This is the big adventure and it is getting closer, but I just can't seem to get past the fear of the event. Maybe as it gets closer.
I also saw my doctor and got me leg checked out. The Dr told me that my legs are shaped such that I will always be at a higher risk of some knee problem that I didn't quite understand but eventually figured out that he meant runner's knee (pain on the front of the leg just behind the knee cap) that I always seem to have. He didn't see any real problems with my Hamstring however and said that I might take it easy a bit to let it rest but that there was no reason to stop training... YEA!! I had my trainer/message therapist take a look at it and he found the problem right away. we talked a bit and he diagnosed it as a mild strain to my right Semimembranosus Muscle. He gave me some tips for treating it and also said that if I took care of it that it should heal up very quickly and I should be good to go :-)
The Dr also diagnosed my exercise induced asthma and prescribed an inhaler. Hopefully this will fix my tendency to struggle with getting good breaths late in longer workouts.
All things considered, the week has held a great deal of good news and I should be good for a good week of hard training!
As the race gets closer I am torn between wishing the stupid race was over and I could get back to something resembling a normal life (one without pain) and wishing I still had 20 weeks left so I might actually be "ready" for the race if one can ever really be ready for their first IM. I need to keep reminding myself that what i should be feeling isn't either of these emotions but more of a sense of excitement and anticipation! This is the big adventure and it is getting closer, but I just can't seem to get past the fear of the event. Maybe as it gets closer.
I also saw my doctor and got me leg checked out. The Dr told me that my legs are shaped such that I will always be at a higher risk of some knee problem that I didn't quite understand but eventually figured out that he meant runner's knee (pain on the front of the leg just behind the knee cap) that I always seem to have. He didn't see any real problems with my Hamstring however and said that I might take it easy a bit to let it rest but that there was no reason to stop training... YEA!! I had my trainer/message therapist take a look at it and he found the problem right away. we talked a bit and he diagnosed it as a mild strain to my right Semimembranosus Muscle. He gave me some tips for treating it and also said that if I took care of it that it should heal up very quickly and I should be good to go :-)
The Dr also diagnosed my exercise induced asthma and prescribed an inhaler. Hopefully this will fix my tendency to struggle with getting good breaths late in longer workouts.
All things considered, the week has held a great deal of good news and I should be good for a good week of hard training!