Tick tock

Just about ticking over...

MRI on lower back booked for a week Sunday

crawling - stupidliy stubbornly and then sensibly

So lifetime meters now at  19,956,315m managed to row yesterday and this morning and also at lunchtime non of them went to plan - lunchtime I was resigned to do intervals in order to get through but only managed 5 by 1k before I becamse sensible and stopped - pain firing all over the right leg and hip/lower back so I am a right grumpy git at the moment - just over a marathon to 20 million meters - I will I will I will get there.....

trials and tribulations - AGPB - Irish Record

So yesterday I was in the kitchen literally in tears from the pain down the right hip/lower back/leg/knee from merely doing a bit of housework – so back to the drugs and a early night. Today I managed to struggle through a 30 minute r20 piece – probably came out about 75% HRR with 8228m. So lunchtime I wanted to crack out a 10k piece – partly because I haven’t ranked on this season and partly to get my 20 million meters sorted out and so decided to target a hard one. Looking at this years 40-49 ranked 10k’s the obvious “carrot on the stick” was “Nik Fleming” with 36:00.0 (not sure if that was a r20 piece or what – but a nice pace target for me 1:48.0) as I set off I found myself knocking around the 1:45 pace at rate 24 and just went along with it – but just after halfway I really started to struggle both in terms of pain in knee (right one) as well as basic fitness – I actually put the handle down – for about 3-4 seconds – but then picked up and got back into the grove from just under 3k out I just started counting down the strokes – one stroke being over 10m meant from about 2800m I was simply counting backwards from 280 – managed to ramp it up a little at the end – and to my surprise bagged a Irish record (Just checked and I set that during the “Trying To Stay Strong” charity event - TTSS) so that was a nice surprise then :o)

oh yes - that puts me on 19,940,226m - getting there

 The mornings row

Work pressures - lifetime meters now at 19,911,891m ...

Very busy couple of days - no lunch yesterday and only managed to get away at gone 2pm today - did manage to test the power this morning - to be honest both sessions where disapointing - but at the same time I got them done

Aim this morning was 250's - but blew C-Breeze of on first attempt and on the second I didn't feel great in the leg/hip so stopped part way through the second rep

so lunch time and the HR was high

Cracked the 100km to go to 20 million!!

Managed a 30min r20 70% HRR this morning and that's put me inside the 100km to go for 20 million meters :o) new bag here I come!

OK - wasn't the best row and kind of frustrating seeing the pace drop off - but that's what happens when you get injured and unable to train ....

July CTC - taking it cautiously - the scorpion (Video)

Although still in pain and discomfort I decided to test the CTC today

Jul 2015 - The Scorpion

This challenge was chosen by Empty the Tanks

Row 500m with 1 min rest Row 400m with 1 min rest 

Row 300m with 1 min rest Row 200m with 1 min rest 

Row 100m with 2 mins rest then finish with 2000m

- the initial idea was a r20 stab but then thought that would probably put more pressure on my back than I want to lightened the load and went for r26 ish - target was sub 1:35 on the sprints and sub 1:37 on the 2k - didn't quite get the 2k - started well but lack of fitness told and had to drop to 1:39.9 for a lot of the middle section. Still I managed to pick it up on the run home and got off the erg feeling better than when I got on. Just wish the aching pain (not exercise related) would go away. Maybe I can go to the ball (500m race on 29th August) Also got the bill in for the A&E yesterday - joy!

oh yes - the belly is back and lifting my bloody heels again!

Tick follows tock - 113km to go

Every great journey starts with a few tiny steps - at least they seem tiny until you add them all together ergo 8,137m off the 122,052m and so 113,915m to go

Took it very gently on the back with hardly any swing at all