Long way down

Dah masuk 2 minggu beb aku tak lari. Terasa berzaman. Sakit hamstring dah tak terasa, maybe dah baik kot...teori aku sendiri untuk menyedapkan hati & psikologi. Apa taknya, 2 minggu tanpa sebarang detik hati untuk berlari. Jeling kasut pun tak. Nasib baik la jugak ada pi kayuh last Sunday, itu pun pongeh sebab milage terpaksa ditambah last minute setelah termakan racun kawan2 ajak naik Peres...hampeh!

Petang semalam, dengan tenang aku cuba try test kaki. As usual, the evening Lake Garden meeting place. Lama sangat aku tak ke sini rasanya. Keadaan a bit lengang sebab KL baru lepas hujan lebat. Maybe most joggers memang cancel routine or depa sangkut dalam evening traffic. Yang muncul cuma Bacin & Zakuan while Saiful & Nizam dengan sebab musabab masing-masing. Menu cuma 3 loop tasik. Tried not to attempt any laluan berbukit seperti Carcosa, cuma flat route je.

Macam biasa, bila dah lama tak guna muscle lari, sakit sana sini especially lutut & muscle belakang lutut yang terasa stiff. Breathing was still ok. First loop slow trying to adjust the leg muscles sambil sembang. My attempt trying to up the tempo seems ok for a while. Malangnya, the 200m stretch of a bit inclination depan waterfall tu telah mengganggu mental. Hamstring muscle dah mula tangkap balik. Aku slow down, dok belakang aje. Bila dah sampai semula kat playground, aku decide to bail out. Either aku continue & break in the mid of the 2nd loop & injured lagi lama or aku stop & terima kenyataan. Itu lah dia, dunia. Kejap kita kat atas terasa hebat & kuat. Bila dah sampai bawah balik, macam-macam jadi. Jiwa & raga semua kacau.

Aku spent the remaining 20 minutes stretching on my own. From what I read & heard, the hamstring muscle needs rest, more stretching & ice. Looks like another month to go into rehab...aargh! Nak buat stretching kalau takde workout memang liat ler tapi akan aku kuatkan semangat untuk rehab & recover sepenuhnya walaupun aku kena pi jumpa tukang urut.

3 in 1 Thaipusam Hols

Lama bangat tak update blog nih. Was a bit tight up with works, dealing with local authority's requirement yang boleh mencecah tahap permintaan dewa-dewa Siam. Sikit lagi je depa nak mintak batu bersurat je. Then came Thaipusam 3 days holiday throughout the weekend which toppled eveything.

Sabtu, a well planned speedwork. Dah lama tak buat speedwork. Since our Week 11 training pun dah pushed jauh sikit menjelang marathon, now ada ample time sikit to squeeze in other activities. Venue was jalan kosong kat Putrajaya pool. The normal members showed with special appearance by Azwar. Menu, 100m x 10 reps. Warm up was a bit short sebab running to and fro the road agak boring sikit.

The moment, on my fifth rep trying to catch up dengan Bacin yang dashed off earlier (mengelat), when I pushed a bit further. With lack of warm up, stretching & maybe my full week diet yang tak menentu, my hamstring muscles pulled! It was a sharp pain that struck behind my left thigh. It was a bit scary. Takut ooo...memang takut pun, first time kena & in the middle of a training. Macam ni agaknya all those EPL players yang selalu masuk physiorooms kan? The remaining 5 reps were nothing more than a slow pace run. Finish up the morning with 300m swim with a minute break between 150m.

Came back home, whizzed down a recovery drink & dozed off. Sebelum tu, a quick check from the net, it was either my semitendinosus or biceps femoris that was pulled. I have a hunch it was the biceps.

I was awaken in mid afternoon by a gassy stomach & warm body. Alamak, rasa macam demam la pulak. 90% says that, while my immune system was down after the hard workout, the virus that strucked my whole family for the last 2 weeks took the oppurtunity to strike an ambush while I was sleeping. Slack. All 3 in 1. Hamstring pull, upset stomach & a virus fever. A complete package to start a 3 days holiday grounded at home. I was determined to recovery fast with a BOOM! Took all the medications I came across, rest, rest, rest, ice, ice, ice, compression & elevation.

By the fourth day, I took a blood test & confirmed I was free from virus. Coming back to the office was a bit slow. Had to switch to alternate search. Quit the running search fot a while since tak nak fikir pasal lari only after I can run back again. Ingat mau tukar frame mtb la...hahaha.