My left achilles tendon has been the biggest source of trouble in my entire athletics career, and by early July I was once again at a decisive point as far as the severety of the injury was concerned. There was a lot of inflammation around my left heel, and even just walking around hurt my…
Category: Month in review
Month in review: June 2015
Track trainings: 6 track trainings in June. Still trying to find the right balance, since the pain threshold is quite low as far as the achilles tendon is concerned. What’s making this harder is that during the training when the achilles is all warmed up I feel a lot less pain than the next morning;…
Month in review: May 2015
Track trainings: I returned to the track this month, but six out of seven sessions were restricted to warm-up, lunges, jumps and other conservative non-sprint stuff. On the seventh training session (May 28th), I dared to do some diagonal strides (on grass) and then couldn’t resist joining the guys for three starting block starts. The…
Month in review: April 2015
Track trainings: I opted out of club trainings on the track this month, and managing the inflammation on the achilles tendon has become a bit more controllable. Road&Trail Running: 12 sessions, of which 6 were hard hill/mountain work-outs.5600m of vertical, 90km distance, 13h12 time. Walking: 13 days of >2km. 2500m of vertical, 87km distance, 16h06…
Month in review: March 2015
Track trainings: 3 sessions with the club, but no real track running. Road&Trail Running: 8 sessions, of which 4 were hard hill/mountain work-outs. 4104m of vertical, 77km of distance, 10h52 time. Walking: 17 days of >2km. Quite a few 4-6km lunch walks and 2 harder hiking sessions. 2295m of vertical, 91km distance, 19h00 time. Indoor…
Month in review: February 2015
Track trainings: In February, I actually managed a perfect attendance at track trainings again. I went every Tuesday and Thursday of the month, for a total of 8 sessions. Unfortunately, the trainings I ended up doing have little resemblance to real track work: the first four sessions of the month I only warmed up outside…
Month in review: January 2015
Another month already? Track trainings: Continuing last month’s trend, my attendance at my club’s track trainings was sporadic. I went four times, and did weights and other indoor stuff three times. Which leaves only one track training, which in retrospect I wasn’t ready for. The 8x300m training is a winter classic, and I was happy…
Year in review: 2014
Summing up an entire year is not an easy task, especially if there’s been a few different things going on, but nothing that really stands out. On the track, both indoors and outdoors, I ran a few competitions but wasn’t happy with the majority of them. My best 100m was 11″65 (+0.1m/s), which translates to…
Month in review: December 2014
Looking back at December, it was a slightly below average month. There was some regularity with my road & trail runs, but in general I was trying to keep the intensity moderate so as not to worsen the Achilles tendon. Track trainings: With the holidays at the end of December, regularity on the track is…
Month in review: November 2014
November started off with a nice amount of volume and intensity, but I had to scale back somewhat during the second half because of recurring achilles tendon inflammation. Track trainings:In November, I did 8 track trainings (two per week). Unfortunately, only three sessions were good sprint workouts on the track. Three trainings were mostly indoors…