Full rest day today. My hip is feeling better than last week’s flare up. However last night I smashed my shin on the edge of my bedframe and now it hurts when I bend my knee and go up stairs :/
Orienteering2:00:00 13.07 km (9:11 / km) +216m8:29 / km ahr:154 max:176 shoes: La Sportiva Kaptiva
Foley Mountain looooooong course! Always fun terrain and an excellent course by Eric. Really enjoyed the west end of the map, so Parry Sound-esque! Just when I was getting into the rockier part my hip started to ache a bit so I slowed down (physically and mentally, apparently). Lots of bobbles in the circle, off my bearing to 5 and i ran more west when the control was east of where I came to. And a huge blow up to 16. I was fighting with my compass a lot today and drifting right, but this was especially bad even though I aimed off left (?). Decided to cut from 17->22 to avoid the rocky bit again, and play it a bit safe for my hip.
I find that I have trouble focusing when something like an injury starts to hurt while orienteering. Today I was distracted by worries that I was going to overdo it and hurt myself more and started being sloppy. I hope to work on this a bit (or just stop being injured !!)
Cross training (Elliptical ) 50:00 ahr:139 max:176
Grumpy hip and high hamstring this morning and after standing for a long while at the Ottawa race weekend expo helping with XACT nutrition, I opted for doing my workout on the elliptical.
Running7:30 [1] 1.31 km (5:44 / km) ahr:128 max:149 shoes: Hoka Clifton 8 (4)
Hip feeling like it did a few weeks ago. Time to listen to my body and back off a little on the running until this clears.
Orienteering34:00 7.13 km (4:46 / km) +13m4:44 / km ahr:163 max:182 shoes: Puma Magnify Nitro 2
WU + strides 3.5km tempo on a course of map of the park nearby - nothing difficult, just going through the motions. And ankle felt good except for cornering on any form of downhill. Toasty AF outside. Ran through the splash pad at the end.
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