Kevins Training Diary 2022

I have done a couple of solid weeks as my rib has improved enough to allow me to get back to swimming and doing gym sessions.  Somewhere along the line I have done something to upset my left knee instead. I suspect it might be from basketball. I am still effectively playing one-handed and that means every lay-up, shot and block comes off a primarily left-leg jump. I have been managing it through painkillers and ice for the last 10 day s but it probably needs a rest to settle down.    I got out to ride my new mountain bike. I took it on a decent loop with a chunk of road climbing a chunk through kirkhill forest, and then back down the roads again to get home. A couple of niggles to deal with on the set-up as I get used to the Q-ring and clutch arrangement, but I think I sorted them with a post-ride service. I will take it out again tomorrow for another test as I use my last 2021 holiday day.  I ran a 5k PB, although for some reason garmin, and all the s...

I started off solidly, knowing that I was getting my hip injections on the Wednesday, and would likely lose some sessions, so I put in a couple of fairly heavy days early on. Or at least I planned to. The broken rib I got on my last Asda shift meant I was unable to swim, and struggled with weights, core, yoga, and was in mild pain even when running and whenever I went hard on the turbo. I managed to adapt to put in some aquajogging after my surgery and do a lot of easy time on the turbo and a couple of easy road bike rides instead.   I did go to Glasgow and took part in the Aquathlon. But it was a case of taking part more than racing. My swim was over a minute down on where it should be, even against a non-race time trial from a month ago.  I got out of the water 44th.  My transition was another 20 seconds lost.  My run was good though, I was through the GPS 5k in under 20 minutes despite a couple of measurable lumps on the course and I managed to run my way up ...