Tags: Cross Training, Distance Training, London Marathon, Physical Jerks, Running, Sports Therapy
Busy Day
February 27th, 2004, by Rich.
A busy day! I combined my hour of circuits with a 4.5 mile run in order to catch up a little after my slack day yesterday.
Circuits first, then the run immediately after. Most enjoyable. This evening we have Lisa the physio popping around too, so it’s a full day.
Lisa the Fizz has now been and as a result I’m considering inverting the colour scheme for this page so that normal training days show up in green and physio days show up in red - red for warning, red for danger.
Sports therapy hurts! Some say it’s good pain; I say it’s [a] just pain. In this case the justification is a long forecast bet that I can avoid more pain in future by having it in little bits now. It seems I’ve not fully imparted the “little bits” part of that message to Lisa yet.
The main outcome, apart from the pain & resulting benefits, is a few extra stretches that we should be doing post exercise in order to keep the muscles supple. What surprised me most was the back stretches which involve what I’d have thought would be a back compression, but which apparently stretch it - I’ll give a more full report after the next circuit class when I’ve had a chance to try them out properly.
