Not a great week. Finished up a period of not swimming, cycling or running. Just strength training and yoga. No real chance in my ITB. So piss on that! I started swimming and cycling again. I think the stretch cords are helping, but it will be a long slow process to strengthen that hip, and then get the swelling down.
I did try out my Hokas. As usual, I had no issue going 2 miles without pain after a warm-up with the stretch cords, stretching and rolling first. But the next day, just 0.5mi in and I was done. Oh well. Just stick with the PT process and hope for the best. I'll just really focus on the bike and swim.
As for the Hoka Cliftons. I like them. I can't give a full review as I'm fat and out of running shape, so I'm just slow. I guess I can't complain as "slow" is still an 8:00 pace at 140bpm HR. But 3 months ago, that was 7:15-7:20.
By the numbers:
Swim: 7350y, 1h43m
Bike: 88mi, 4h39m
Run: 2.9mi, 0h26m
Strength: 3h10m
TOTAL: 9h58m
TSS: 533
The good news is my massage therapist is back form vacation and I have a appointment tomorrow. I might need another 30m session next week and maybe keep going once a week until things clear up a bit.
Do you calculate TSS for strength training, if so, how? I'm trying to leverage the PMC much more for next season and with the added strength training right now - I am wondering how much that might affect it.
ReplyDeleteI just take a best estimate. I figure it's roughly a zone 2 effort on average. I figure around 45-50 TSS/hr. I even use slightly lower for Yoga, 35-40 TSS/hour. I just want to capture that there is some metabolic cost to it that adds to my training load overall, so I can more accurately track CTL and TSB. I know for example, that when I get to around -40TSB... I'm near my limit and I need to back off. The 120-140TSS I get from 4 strength sessions adds up. I even will put a since entry each week in for using stretch cords for my ITB recovery.
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