Hard pushed

I have tried very hard this week to push myself as much as possible. I'm not running until I can walk around all day and not "think" about my foot. It doesn't feel in pain but I'm aware of it not feeling right, so until it does I won't be running. I'm sure this is the correct approach... you should never make a niggle worse, should you?

So, yesterday I spent an hour doing step. I didn't use any weight as I thought I'd go for duration over intensity. I was a bit bored to be honest and afterwards thought it would have been better to use a bit of weight and make it harder. Fortunately, MTV saved me from dying of boredom!

Today I went straight to the swimming baths after work and did 45 minutes of deep water running. Every 10 minutes I did 2.5 minutes of legwork only and kept my arms still... again, trying to stop boredom creeping in. When I got out of the pool I felt shattered (which I hadn't noticed while I was in the pool to be honest) and felt like this for a good hour after I'd finished. Hopefully that is a good sign that I'm working hard while being forced to cross train instead of run... well... if it works for Killian Jornet... ;-)

After some tea and a bit of a rest I went up and did my first session of tonnage squats. When I first read about these I thought, "Great... sounds easy". I have previously done lower weight squats with more reps (normally when I'm coming back to weight training after a break... be that due to racing or injury) and I always find I really ache afterwards, so before even starting this today, I had already thought that tomorrow and for a few days after that I will probably be aching like hell!

I began by warming up and then completing the full range squats at 3 sets of 10 reps at 50KG. Towards the end of this I was absolutely shattered and had a good 5 minutes break before starting the partials. I was to try and do up to 10 sets of 20 reps at 75KG and got a shock at the first set as I expected it to feel much easier. The last 5 reps of each set were tough but manageable, and I managed the whole lot totalling around 15 tons overall. I fear for my walking ability (or lack of it) tomorrow... I have a feeling I will be rather knackered. I really enjoyed the session though!