Wednesday, February 11, 2009 (Easy - 5km)
I am feeling a bit fragile after yesterday’s events and this was not helped by the cold weather and rain for most of the morning.
I am feeling a bit fragile after yesterday’s events and this was not helped by the cold weather and rain for most of the morning.
I ran to Mona Vale Basin in the afternoon to see if my head would explode or if my legs would fall off. Neither of these happened so back to the training plan.Tuesday, February 10, 2009 (Sleep)
Had a 6x800m session scheduled for today. The plan was to do this on the local track. The day started out with rain and thunder and lightning and the air was relatively cold with tempearature at 15 degrees. I waited for the worst of the rain to be over and as I was getting ready to go I noticed that I could not see properly. Part of my visual field was obscured by dancing lights. I have had this happen at least three times in the past two weeks. The previous two times I was out running and it is a bit freaky when you can’t see where your foot is going to land – you just have peripheral vision with the center of your field of view burnt out. This time the dazzling and shimmering was very intense, like a strobe light going off in your eyes. It eventually passed but this time it was followed by a monster headache. I have not had a headache in years so it was all very strange. I have since learnt - from Dr Google - that it is known as a scintillating scotoma and it is caused by disruption of blood supply to the optic nerve. Needless to say the run did not happen. I was really looking forward to running on the track in the rain.
Monday, February 09, 2009 (Swim)
The warm spell is over for the time being. This morning was overcast with a sprinkling of rain when I went to Narrabeen Ocean pool for a swim. By the time I got there, just after 6.00am, all the lanes were taken up in the 50 m section of the pool, despite the weather. I had to swim in the adjoining longer but shallower section.
The swim was great for working through the sore spots on the legs. The water was so cold my feet went numb after 30 minutes. It was about 2 hours following the swim that I got feeling back in my feet. Uhh… I am so not looking forward to winter.
The warm spell is over for the time being. This morning was overcast with a sprinkling of rain when I went to Narrabeen Ocean pool for a swim. By the time I got there, just after 6.00am, all the lanes were taken up in the 50 m section of the pool, despite the weather. I had to swim in the adjoining longer but shallower section.
The swim was great for working through the sore spots on the legs. The water was so cold my feet went numb after 30 minutes. It was about 2 hours following the swim that I got feeling back in my feet. Uhh… I am so not looking forward to winter.
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