Well, things are starting to get serious. I slightly mis-aligned this run, but I didn't really feel, having arrived at the front door, as if running another 280 metres was absolutely essential. Since I am notionally recovering from an injury, I have the excuse of discretion.
The injury, in point of fact, hasn't been nearly as bad as I feared last Sunday. I had only got about 100 metres from the front door before realising that the pain in the knees just wasn't going away and returning home. Consequently I have had 4 days rest, and actually descended the staircase 100% pain free on Thursday AM. So, naturally, back to training. It's an odd sport where a rest week sees you only running 60k! Next week is also easy, because it's a race week, a 16k hit out at Georges Hall, over bike tracks in the national park(?) there. I haven't run this course before, but it should be fun. So, that'll be 3 60k weeks in a row, which should leave me in good shape to get through the next month. Last year I was averaging 70k per week and this year it's getting close to 90 (well, it was) so I'm not surprised that it's hard work. I learned last year that immediate rest is the way to go, and I'm sticking with that.
It's not all bad; the reason (I think) that my knees packed it in was that I've been doing a lot of strength training in the gym (plus I don't think 20 years of being 30kg overweight made my knees hugely happy) and I probably overdid it a bit. It's quite hard to judge weights/repetitions; it always seems hard at the time, but it's not until 24 hours later that you know if you overdid it or not.
Anyway, the strength training paid off today, because at about 28km I tripped on a bit of Marrickville footpath, but was able to convert it from a fall to a stagger, which is down to knee strength and one of the reasons I have been working so hard on those muscles. I sort of feel vindicated. Falling is very demoralising, but not falling is very energising. Of course you could argue that if I hadn't been running then I wouldn't have been falling - but logic has no place in all this.
I can't remember anything else much going on. The new bit of the garden is coming along well, although the solar powered water feature isn't working as well as I'd like. I have to negotiate with the neighbour to put the solar panel on his roof. Plus, it hasn't actually stopped raining yet, so there isn't much sun around anyway. But apart from that the new plants are going well. I spent Saturday pruning and weeding between showers; the garden has gone beserk with all the water. Another couple of weekends should see it looking more orderly.
Work is good; I'm still working on some ideas for using computers in the classroom - it's harder than it might seem. For repeatability, computers are great, but for adaptability - and every class is different - they are not so hot.
I can't remember anything else much going on. The new bit of the garden is coming along well, although the solar powered water feature isn't working as well as I'd like. I have to negotiate with the neighbour to put the solar panel on his roof. Plus, it hasn't actually stopped raining yet, so there isn't much sun around anyway. But apart from that the new plants are going well. I spent Saturday pruning and weeding between showers; the garden has gone beserk with all the water. Another couple of weekends should see it looking more orderly.
Work is good; I'm still working on some ideas for using computers in the classroom - it's harder than it might seem. For repeatability, computers are great, but for adaptability - and every class is different - they are not so hot.
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