My training diary is not my friend - not today at least. It never lies to me. On good week this means I did all my planned sessions and, as a bonus, enjoyed them all, too. These last couple of weeks there is a theme emerging though, and it looks like this:
"L achilles niggle." Then "L achilles tight" and a few days later "L achilles tight ON THE BIKE :(
Hmmm. I can't lie to my diary, but I really want to get lots of running done over the Christmas break. So here is the eternal dilemma of the injury prone runner - do the exercises that worked last time, hope it sorts itself and not write anything down for a few weeks. Or start contributing to my physio's Christmas shopping fund. Which would be sensible and would be the better long term option with Kepler in mind. I think I've just talked myself into some treatment, and hoping not to hear the words "OK, you just need to take a couple of weeks off."
I am still working on just when to take something seriously and when to feel confident that its a niggle and it will go away, especially when just starting to slowly up the mileage. Experience, or is it different every time?
Other things that, like my diary, just don't lie?
- my barometer jeans (Brig ate all the pies)
- yesterday's socks (not rank enough for the 25km you said you did...)
- how much of the cake is left.
So, anyone out there - what or who doesn't let you get away with your running fibs? When is it good to be forced to be honest, and when do you just want to put your head right in the sand?
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