Recovery...

Recovery

We got massages after getting back from church on Sunday and I took a nap after Lisa left. I woke up and I felt like I just got hit by a mack truck. Just moving was difficult much less walking. We decided to take the rest of the evening easy and head to bed early as I was pretty much useless. I told Desiree that I may call in tomorrow because of how bad I felt. She said that I need to go to work as it would have been poor planning not to ask for the day off ahead of time.
I woke up on Monday and I was feeling just as bad- both calves, right hamstring, and L IT band, and I was having pain in my right lateral tibial condyle that produces pain with eccentric control of my right quadriceps. I decided that driving to work would be a smarter choice then my usual commute on the bike. Work was tough as walking down steps is all eccentric quad control causing pain to my right knee. Also, if I would sit for just a little while doing notes at the computer, getting up and going was slow. Walking was difficult because of how sore my right hamstring was- with every time I would swing my right leg forward and extend my knee to step.
Fortunately I have a secret recovery tool- underwater treadmill. I headed over to Leah’s clinic and got into the pool. I jogged for about 30 minutes. After getting out, my legs felts a little heavy however weren’t as sore. I felt about 60% recovered after walking on land just a little and the legs feeling less heavy. Again a relatively early night for bed time to wake up and get onto the trainer.
Both Desiree and I woke up and got set up in front of the tv- her on the trainer while I got onto the rollers. I felt 75% better waking up but after about 40 mins on the bike, my legs really loosened up and then 85% better. Walking was better, no pain in the knee, and my right hamstring was no longer a problem. Work as usual but pretty much another day off from training, just recovery.
Wednesday I woke up feeling pretty good, just some soreness in the calves. So I decided to ride easy to work and back since I was feeling about 90% recovered. That was the only activity planned for the day to make sure that I was well recovered before getting back to the grind.
Thursday, it was go time back to training. I got onto the bike and road Cherry lake out and back as this is part of the course for my big race on April 15th. At lunch, I was able to get into the pool and did a straight 1500 meters. Both workouts felt pretty good and I am scheduled to head out to Lucky’s to spend more time with long distance open water swimming on Saturday.
Back to the grind and looking forward to the next few weeks of training.
Thanks to all for the support.