http://bainy.buckeyeoutdoors.com/blogs Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:22:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So I have spent the week travelling in Melbourne and Sydney for work. We won the State Agency of the Year Award at the AdNews Agency of the Year Awards. Great stuff but noit something I can lay claim to after only 6 weeks in the chair... No running this week ... http://bainy.buckeyeoutdoors.com/blogs/2010/02/28/deep-core/ So frustrated. Achilles has flared again and back at the physio. I am having a fresh gait analysis done on Tuesday morning, orthotics assessed and a new regime of strength work for my glutes and hips. The physio treatment on Friday was NASTY. Hurt like hell and is really sore and inflamed ... http://bainy.buckeyeoutdoors.com/blogs/2010/02/19/back-to-square-one/ So January was all about cycling and leg strength. No running. I stuck to my guns and it has all worked out well so far. I had my first run today for 5kms which went well. No achilles pain. Will take it easy with a mix of short runs, cycling and ... http://bainy.buckeyeoutdoors.com/blogs/2010/02/06/run-time/ So I havent run since my last post. In 2010 I have run zero kilometres. It's time to get my achilles sorted properly. So I am cycling and walking and doing leg strength work. I'm going to do this for the whole month of January. I hate it... http://bainy.buckeyeoutdoors.com/blogs/2010/01/13/cyclemania/ A year where I struggled to get through injuries, and really haven't sorted them yet, 2010 is the year that I sort them out for good. My kilometrage was lower, but I did run my fastest half marathon and 8km race during the year. I'm hoping for a better running year ... http://bainy.buckeyeoutdoors.com/blogs/2009/12/30/the-year-that-was/ So when I wrote last I planned to start my strengthening campaign, and promptly went off to the gym to meet my PT for a session. I outlined what the physio/ pod had said and asked about plyometrics. The ensuing gym session was a leg and ab fest with some exercises ... http://bainy.buckeyeoutdoors.com/blogs/2009/12/18/stiff-and-sore/ My Achilles was a bit achey after the City Beach 8km run, so I went and got a fresh opinion from a different physio/ podiatrist yesterday. She was very thorough (if not a bit nasty...) and had me running, hopping, stretching, measured me and checked out all my equipment. Orthotics ... http://bainy.buckeyeoutdoors.com/blogs/2009/12/15/dodgy-legs/ What an absolute scorcher of a day. 37 yesterday and hotter today. 25 - 28 degress during the race. Ran with Grego again and managed to knock out a PB at: 40 minutes and 12 seconds. 5:02 min per kilometre pace. 59 of 98 runners. 7th of 10 in the M40 age group. This race was mentally very tough ... http://bainy.buckeyeoutdoors.com/blogs/2009/12/12/city-beach-run-8km/ Tyler won the Aussie of the Month award today at school! "For the mature and responsible manner he demonstrates in dealing with conflict situations. He is always willing to assist his peers in class and in the playground." Louie and I were there for the award preso and Marnie and Gangar also ... http://bainy.buckeyeoutdoors.com/blogs/2009/12/10/aussie-of-the-month/ This is the view from my local lookout, and the highest point of any of my local runs. It's where I go to check out the beach, surf and have a break during my run. I am in week four of nine weeks off between MF and Meerkats. I have spent the ... http://bainy.buckeyeoutdoors.com/blogs/2009/12/09/holiday-running/