Saturday 20th
Discipline: Swim
Distance: 2000m
Rather a disappointing swim - I think I went too soon after brekkie, but I could have gone any later without mucking up my chiro appointment. I didn't feel fantastic from the start, I just didn't seem to be powering through the water that well, and my breathing on the left hand side, which is normally the stronger of the two, felt weird and off balance. I did twenty-four lengths warn up (600m).
I then went into an 800m time trial, but it didn't feel good all through, although I reached half way in about 9:25 - about 15 seconds down on my last attempt. I kept going, but didn't make much progress, ending up with 18:44.6 - about twenty seconds down on last time. I guess that means that my second half was a bit better! I did another twenty-four lengths fairly speedily, fitting in a 400m time trial, but again that was disappointing - 9:14.5 - nearly 30 seconds down on my best time (done a couple of weeks ago). I seem to have ended up with the runny nose and sneezing - I'm convinced now it's a chlorine allergy or something! Biggest swim week so far though - with 4000 metres. Hopefully next week I can fit in three sessions, and get that up to six thousand. I'm going to give the running a rest for a few days and hopefully fit in some biking too.
A quick dash then to the chiro - who seem very pleased with my progress (I am as well!). I did have to have a few tweaks done (probably a slight imbalance that's causing my knee to ache from last night), but nothing major. I got my right quad massaged and some "soft tissue release" done on the hip flexor bit as this was tight. Not sure what that was about - I think probably a slight twist in the sacrum, as the achey quad came on yesterday, around the same time as I noticed the back ache. Not sure what the root cause is :o(
Just about to head off camping with Annajo!
Distance: 2000m
Rather a disappointing swim - I think I went too soon after brekkie, but I could have gone any later without mucking up my chiro appointment. I didn't feel fantastic from the start, I just didn't seem to be powering through the water that well, and my breathing on the left hand side, which is normally the stronger of the two, felt weird and off balance. I did twenty-four lengths warn up (600m).
I then went into an 800m time trial, but it didn't feel good all through, although I reached half way in about 9:25 - about 15 seconds down on my last attempt. I kept going, but didn't make much progress, ending up with 18:44.6 - about twenty seconds down on last time. I guess that means that my second half was a bit better! I did another twenty-four lengths fairly speedily, fitting in a 400m time trial, but again that was disappointing - 9:14.5 - nearly 30 seconds down on my best time (done a couple of weeks ago). I seem to have ended up with the runny nose and sneezing - I'm convinced now it's a chlorine allergy or something! Biggest swim week so far though - with 4000 metres. Hopefully next week I can fit in three sessions, and get that up to six thousand. I'm going to give the running a rest for a few days and hopefully fit in some biking too.
A quick dash then to the chiro - who seem very pleased with my progress (I am as well!). I did have to have a few tweaks done (probably a slight imbalance that's causing my knee to ache from last night), but nothing major. I got my right quad massaged and some "soft tissue release" done on the hip flexor bit as this was tight. Not sure what that was about - I think probably a slight twist in the sacrum, as the achey quad came on yesterday, around the same time as I noticed the back ache. Not sure what the root cause is :o(
Just about to head off camping with Annajo!
posted by XFR Bear @ 9:43 pm
2 Comments:
i read that a runny nose can indicate bad breathing - as you say that the breathing wasn't so good today that may be why.
I suffered badly without the nose clip which looks stupid feels weird but stops the nose (and the headache!) so there could be something in it!
Going to get some sudafed or something
Found a post where other peeps mention this problem
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