I haven't been running for the last two weeks, but I've been cycling a lot. I seriously overdid it on the turnings (three days of races on the island's hills in a row, for a total of almost 50 km on the slides), which led to inflammation of the tendon on the inside of the left leg near the ankle. The pain is unpleasant, but almost everything has passed. But I didn't waste my time, of course ;)
Thanks to my new TIMEX, I can now measure approximately how much I swam during training. The track turns out to be broken and it constantly has to be corrected. A little tired. It turns out to swim in the sea, since it has calmed down and now the waves do not slow down and do not drown. On the advice of colleagues from the comments to these posts, I decided not to swim in parachute shorts, but in triathlon compression shorts, in which I run. They are tight-fitting and do not interfere in the water. It's a pity to spend money on melting — there is a problem with good things on the island in general.
I also bought glasses for myself, since it is very difficult to swim without them — salt water and just not very visible. It all looks like this.
I haven't swum more than one and a half kilometers yet, but there are plans. Sometimes it turns out to swim very little because the sea is too warm. The feeling is that you are being dissolved, boiled and heated. It's a terrible feeling.
I began to like riding a bike, although a month ago I raped myself — it is necessary, Glory, it is necessary! The Koh Samui route is very hilly, but not so much that it would greatly strain a beginner like me. The route profile is as follows:
Of the greatest achievements — I drove 50 km around the island. The plan while driving is very simple — to keep the average pace along the entire route 2:15 and bring it as soon as possible to 2:00. The only problem is that there are heavy traffic zones and traffic lights on the island, which seriously interfere with speeding up and keeping pace.
Here is my circle around the island :)
Now, as I write this post, I came with my feet from a bike workout. Drove 2 km away from home and punched a wheel. I repaired it in about five minutes and, after 20 meters, I punched a new camera again. How this can be is unclear, but I will look later to see if something is stuck in the tire.
It's good that I always carry a spare camera with me, and it's terrible that I don't carry light slippers. I was walking on dirty asphalt back home on a rubbed sole (just below). And therefore the main rules, worked out by their own experience: 1) take a camera and the necessary tools, 2) take more water than you need for cycling, 3) take shoes in which you can walk (you can't walk in cycling masks, who doesn't know), 4) take money for a taxi (I didn't take it today). Well, but I was able to take a picture of the night beauty by which I rode a moped and a bike, but I couldn't stop taking a picture in any way:
I almost don't run. I am very afraid of the return of pain. Moreover, it all gradually passes, and in a week I will be able to run fully, maybe later — it doesn't matter. It is important to recover! But I ran along the beach a couple of times: 4 and 3 km. It's strange that the last time I rubbed my feet into blisters — a bubble on each finger :) It's a sad sight. Rewound everything with plasters, rode a bike and walked barefoot on the asphalt for 2 km. IT HURTS!
I read the book by Scott Jurek Eat&Run, there will be a review today. A very cool book, I recommend it.
I also do strength training, but not in smelly stuffy halls that look like a barn. Push-ups, abs, back and leg exercises.
By the way, thanks to training, I managed to lower my calm pulse to 52 beats per minute. I started with 68, I think.
I do a little yoga to strengthen my ligaments and become a little more plastic again.
Wait for news, I still have a lot of them :)
