I’ve been doing my best to stay positive even though I’m not allow running right now! Yup, I’ve gone from running 1k, 2k, 3k, 4k each week for a full week to running 5-8k and now I’m not allow to run!
Why – well I’m still having pain in my hamstring after I run, even on the treadmill. My physiotherapist said that my hamstring can’t take the blunt force of running at the moment therefore I need to focus on strengthening my muscles. Specifically, my hamstrings, glutes and lower abs.
I can bike, swim and power walk outside and that’s what I’m doing.
Fast legs on stationary bike
I managed two sessions at the gym over the last few days while visiting family/work meetings. For both workouts, I did the following:
- 10 minutes elliptical
- 30-32 minutes on the stationary bike
- PT exercises (Bridge, Lunges, Hamstring Curls with a band and Bird/Dog ab exercise)
And to be honest – my glutes are killing by the end of my PT exercises, so … it’s working! So far, I’m okay about not running but that might change next week when I can’t get to the gym at all. Let’s hope my little power walks will do it until June 3rd when I see my physiotherapist again. Or, maybe…just maybe I’ll jump on my old bike and go for a bike ride – this might not be pretty!
Until then…I’m trying to enjoy the sunlight and hamming it up {getting my hamstring stronger}.
The winner of the Canadian Reebok Spartan Race giveaway is:
Winner: Victoria (I’ll contact you asap)
Today I decided to go for a power walk at lunch and it took everything in me to not lean forward and propel myself into running mode!
Nice little 4k runch – I mean walk.
After my first kilometre, I decided I wanted to see how fast I could walk a km and this is what happened:
1 km – 9:22
2 km – 9:09
3 km – 9:04
4 km – 8:50
Negative split, right?
Total: 4 km in 36:27 {9:05 pace}
I threw in a few hills along the route. Not bad for power walking!
How have your workouts been going?
How fast can you walk a kilometre / mile vs running?
Stationary Bike or Real Bike?
Piper's Run 