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makes sense. don't discount the benefits of acute relief, though!

10-07-25

Gym--
Stairmaster x 25 mins
Incline walk x 20 mins

Machine Dip x 3 drop
D-Handle Cable Row x 3 drop
OL Seated Calf 40 x 4, 3 + a bunch two legged

Notes

Also jogged to and from the gym (like ~.5k each way) without pain. Hell yeah. Gonna still avoid running a few more days since I'm enjoying this routine, then will slowly reintegrate. Cycling I kind of hate but incline walking and stairmaster I'm into, so could see those sticking around even when I'm fully in the swing of things. No ego attached to them at all so it's easy to just pick an HR and lock in. Lower impact too so don't mind doing it more zone 2 rather than zone 1 without feeling like I'm gonna get beat up as compared to running.

Quote from: Joe on July 08, 2025, 03:56:58 pm

Quote from: LBSS on July 08, 2025, 09:08:05 am

go to PT?

maybe if i'm not seeing any improvement after another week of activity modification. i have never had particularly productive experiences with PTs, despite having seen 4 or 5 highly recommended people in my time training. like what are they gonna say "it's probably this, run less, strengthen your foot and ankle" cool thanks i worked that out already.

i guess if you've only had bad experiences, makes sense you wouldn't want to try again. i've definitely had that kind of PT, but i've had some good ones, too. helping identify root causes i wouldn't have thought of, for example. dry needling or other kinds of manual therapy. there must be some good PTs over there.

mhmm yeah, maybe. I mean in this case my point is that the PT wouldn't be wrong to say "it's probably this, run less, strengthen your foot and ankle"! but like I can work that out myself and I have no problems sticking to a routine on that basis. So for me,  I think the highest value is (a) for stuff that you can't make sense of yourself, (b) when you're someone who's not rly in the know so much or (c) you need some accountability to stick to a rehab routine. That said, I'd defo go much more quickly for anything like lower back or shoulder related. But lower leg + tendon stuff feels in my wheelhouse.

I'm also pretty sceptical of manual therapy beyond acute relief

yesterday

- track intervals
-- warm up
-- 3 x [300,500,800] w/1 min walk after short reps, 2-3 min after the 800s
-- bonus 300
-- cool down
ran the 300s in 1:02, 1:01, 1:02, 0:58. 500s in 1:49, 1:46, 1:50. 800s in 3:06, 3:03, 2:57. T+DI 152.

go to PT?

maybe if i'm not seeing any improvement after another week of activity modification. i have never had particularly productive experiences with PTs, despite having seen 4 or 5 highly recommended people in my time training. like what are they gonna say "it's probably this, run less, strengthen your foot and ankle" cool thanks i worked that out already.

- run 1:32:28, 14.72km
ran with a guy who's fitter than me, training for never summer 60k in a few weeks. he knows the trails near us better than i do so i just followed him. told me he was shooting for 8 miles but we ended up doing 9, oops! T+DI 160 and 313m/1027' of elevation gain = slow pace and HR average 142. not too high, that's still zone 2 per coros. it was fun, i'll run with him again. will help me get to know the trails and break out of my grooved road loops.

never summer is a race i've had an eye on, it looks really beautiful. maybe next year. looking forward to hearing my buddy's report.