#week 7

Rehab exercises that I do everyday

1. Squats from a chair

3. Gliding bridges with one leg

4. Lunges backwards

Saturday after the race I decided not to do any rehab exercises and do make  up for them another day

Monday

Gym before work this morning with focus on biceps, triceps, back, legs, hips, calves and core

Rehab exercises where I decided to just do no 3 where I do the gliding bridges with one leg and not both anymore.

Nice to see the rolling wheel to do one of my core exercises with, it is not always there when I want it.

After work it was time for indoor bike ride where I now had made sure that I had attached the bike properly into the trainer so I do not get bruised again, black and blue now on the inside of my left knee, the black and blue on my both under arms have started to disappear.

Distance: 50.06K, speed: 25.3 km/h, time: 1 h 58 min

Sunday I just did the squats so after the indoor bike ride I did the lunges backwards and gliding bridges for Sunday.

Did some extra stretch exercises for my back thighs and butt and foamrolled my calves.

Tuesday

Really tired legs after yesterday’s bike ride.

Swim training before work this morning.

Good that it was mainly buoy and buoy + paddles.

Interesting with different swimmers, in the slow lanes there was one breaststroker and we were first two, a third came and asked me if I could swim closer to the rope because it was even one more swimmer who could have gone over to the slow lanes.

Worked on speed.

Distance: 2150 m, pace: 2’33 /100 m, time: 54’56.9 min

Rehab before I went to bad.

I was suppose to bike after work but after yesterday’s I felt it in my back after the aggressive position so I ended with to lay on the nail mat

Wednesday

Swim training before work, it was a bit chillier when I biked to the pool

Worked on form.

A bit crowded but I made room.

Distance: 2150 m, pace: 2’37 /100 m, time: 56’07.5 min

Then well deserved 1h massage in the afternoon. I was especially extra stiff on my right calves, back thighs, hips

Still a sore lower back and it is not a very good idea to exercise after massage afterwards, tried being at the gym once and it was not a good experience so rehab exercises after dinner.

Thursday

Biked to the gym before work where focus was on shoulders, back, leg, hip and core.

Did also the rehab exercises.

In the morning I had an appointment with my physiotherapist where I informed him about my last two runs in the forest where I could first have a normal pace and then on the second run could run faster than normal pace without any protest from my knee.

I also told him that I was super happy with the race Oct 9th where I did not think that I would run through the finish line but did. Did not suffer afterwards.

So now I do not have to come and see my physiotherapist if I do not run into any set back 🙂

Will continue with my rehab exercises but do not have to do them every day

Friday

Nice with PowerYoga 2 before work.

No running this weekend because we are visiting my parents for the first time since the pandemic and I have decided to leave my running shoes home.