This week has seen me nursing my Hamstring along, with controlled running rather than anything too dramatic. The hamstring is still very much a concern, as it isn't healing up - realistically, I need to stop running for a week to see how that helps, but with my timescale being tight, I cannot afford the break. I am alternating my running, with a harder/longer session, followed by a very light session the following day. The one thing I can say is that the injury does not actually affect me running, it's the hours following that is filled with discomfort.
On the plus side this week, I had two sessions which clearly indicate improvements all around. On Tuesday I ran a 10Km route, almost a minute faster than I had previously run this route, in under 53 minutes, without feeling any strain at the faster pace, and without increasing the pace as I would in a race situation approaching the finish. And on Friday, I used the gym to check if any speed had come back to me as I progressed with the increased distances. I ran a timed 4Km run on the treadmill, recording 19:51 for the distance, my fastest over a 4Km time trial since August 2009, so things going well on two fronts - distance and speed.
And finally, the icing on the cake. My weekly weigh-in saw the scales reach their lowest point in many a year - 87 Kgs., which is just under 192 lbs. I still have a way to go to get to my target on April 1st of 80 Kgs., but I am very happy with this progress, and it makes the sacrifices all worth while.
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Uh oh, the wonky hamstring doesn't sound good... But the weight loss and increased speed do!
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