Who’s on top?

I’m an idiot. No really. It’s OK. I get it. I am.

It’s been a tough couple of weeks for my training regime. A combination of illness and injury has seen me fall well short of my mark. And I have to be honest, it’s pissing me off. Its also the reason why I fucked my knee. I was impatient. I was stupid. I was anxious to get back out and work.

Cut to last Monday. I went for a nice 5 mile run. All was going well. The birds were chirping. The children laughing.

So I decided to up the pace a little.

Fatal mistake. Everything felt fine until that evening, where I was suffering serious bother around my knee. I couldn’t sleep (not unusual). Like a dumb-ass I was also suffering badly from a cold. coughing up a lot of crap. So really I was in the ideal position to go for a workout.

Tuesday comes. Rather than sensibly canceling the squash league matches for that evening (and the following day) I bought a knee brace and, hacking and coughing (and limping!) I won both matches. Fuck yes.
As it turns out. Fuck no. That was dumb. I’m making it worse.

Saturday comes and my knee is not a happy chappy. I call it at the friendly neighbourhood physio and he explains that it’s a very simple problem that can be fixed with the right running shoes and some deep tissue massage (and a lot of new stretching).

Crucially I’m allowed to run. It’s not a big deal, he says, just make it an easy pace and a small distance.

So what do I do the next day? (armed with shiny new shoes)

I run a 10K.

And I’m fucked again.

I’ve learned my lesson. I’m taking it easy. I see the physio on Wednesday and he’ll rip me apart. I deserve it.

Tonight I concentrated all my rage and bile into a weights workout in two sections:

Section1:

5 X 10 Reps
Weight: 6KG Dumbells

Side Lats
10 X Ab Crunches
Curls
10 X Ab Crunches
Tricep Push
10 X Ab Crunches
Bent-Over Rolls
10 X Ab Crunches
Calf Raise
10 X Ab Crunches
Shoulder Press
10 X Ab Crunches
Front Raisers
10 X Ab Crunches
Hammer Curls
10 X Ab Crunches
Tricep Raise
10 X Ab Crunches
Side Bends
10 X Ab Crunches

On the second set I did press-ups instead of abs.

Section 2:

4 X 10 Reps
Weight: 9KG

Curls
Shoulder Press
Bent Over Rolls

So that’s tonight. I’ll probably do the same tomorrow night. I deserve some pain for being a fucking moron.

So how are you?

-j

Lazy bastard because I haven’t bothered keeping my training journal up-to-date. Seriously, how hard is it to keep this fucking thing updated? Apparently it’s pretty difficult.

So anyway – my training update:

Sunday July 4:
10KM run – 60 minutes. Felt pretty good. Could have gone a bit longer, but ended up glad we stopped. It’s good to see that we can push it up to 10KM now….we’re going to try to keep that up every weekend.

Monday July 5:
First ever squash lesson with Mike (and first ever squash lesson in general). Excellent. It’s amazing how hard a lesson is on the body. I managed to work up quite a sweat! Worked a lot on my shitty-fucking-backhand(tm) but I think it will take a little time for some of the swing changes to take hold. Lesson length: 45 minutes.

Tuesday July 6:
What a dumb-ass I am. Mark and I decided to get up early this morning (I had some meetings) and go for a run. I really need to take care of my legs better as I fucking struggled through that run. I managed it, but I had to slow down big time. My legs were really struggling.

Distance: 7.28KM
Time: 45 Minutes

I also did a quick weight workout when I got home.

Reps: 3X10
Weight: 6KG Dumbells
Side Lats
Curls
Tricep Push
Bent-Over Rolls
Calf Raise
Shoulder Press
Front Raisers
Hammer Curls
Tricep Raise
Side Bends

Wednesday July 7:
Ohhh baby it’s squash again. I finally get to rest my aching legs tomorrow. I really need it. For tonight, I played MP again. I felt good. Strong and pretty quick. And I won.

First Match: 3-0 for Me
Second Match: 3-0 for me

hoo-fucking-wah

I think that’s enough eh?

- j

Good fun tonight. Played Brendan and we made a decent showing of it. Moved around the court OK, but  a little slower than I’d like. We managed to end whilst I was 2-1 up.

Also walked 5 miles today.

-j

Excellent effort last night on the squash court. I was playing MP for the third time and managed to win 3-1. That made me happy as I felt I was a bit slower than normal, but my shot selection was a lot better. He’s a quick guy, and he’s going to be a great player as his stamina and fitness is really high.

But I won.

Should be running tonight and doing some circuits. Oof. My legs need a break!

-j

I really do have to get better at filling all of this out as I get on with things.

Last night had another good squash workout with DA. I won again, but I can tell it’s only a matter of time before he gets an awful lot fitter and his (far superior) technique gets the better of me. Guess I’d better get a move on those lessons…

I’ve got another match with MP tonight. Our last two have been fantastic – really high energy and very competitive. We’ve both moved up in the leagues, and we’re in the same league again. Should be a tough one.

-j

Squash today. Played Ali Ross from the club. Was a bit stiff but moved well for the first match (not so well for the second). Pretty good speed and overall good play.

Match 1
Jordan 3 – Ali 0

Match 2
Jordan 3 – Ali 1

Legs feel OK. Knees feel OK.

- j

I have two things I should be doing right now and neither of them are writing down shite from this weekend. On the other hand, I’m watching some Deadwood right now and, well, why not?

So….

Squash results are coming in. I had two league matches the past week and won both of them. First match went 3-1 and the second one went 3-0.

Friday night was the league night. It was excellent. Great time. I got to play against five different people. 5 games in 2 hours. oof.

Training is going well. More squash this week than running, but I’ll get some running in next week.

-j

I’m not kidding. I was playing a (pretty hard fought) match last night against,well, let’s call him HR. He had me down two games to love until I staged a stunning comeback to tie the match. I was up 5-2 (I think) in the 5th game when he slammed the ball, maliciously, into my…. gentleman’s area. Needless to say, when I finally managed to stand again, I lost the match.

(In the interest of full disclosure, he didn’t mean to do it and it did bounce off the front wall first….thank god)

So yeah. Always wear a cup when playing an IT guy.

(That’s good advice)

-j