Injury, Byee FB and Le Tour

 As normal, I’m not too happy to be struggling with injury. Over the years I’ve had numerous niggles -  some worse than others. This niggle is something I remember having previously. 

However, my recollection is that I managed to just run through the problem. This time, I continue to feel the dull pain when walking. I have not ran for 4 days now. The fact that I continue to ride may not be helping. My cycling training load has had a massive increase over the last 6 months - take a look at the last year according to Strava:

The massive blue blocks from March onwards are mostly cycling sessions since lock down on Zwift. So Lots of the sessions are Really intense. This is probably the prime reason for the injury. Next week I’m going away with Jueby for a few days - no bike and no running. So I’ll just take the instruments of torture for rehab

Today is the start of the 2020 TDF. I love watching this event and I have find memories of seeing the race live in 2010 when we visited Annecy - yearn to go back there but with COVID travel restrictions it is too risky. I will have to carry on pretending I’m at Le Tour whilst in my garage

Nearly forgot, stupid FB locked me out. So I try to reset and FB wants a photo ID - passport or driving licence. That’s isn’t going to happen! So byee FB. Can’t be doing with the invasive nature of this social media thing. Who needs it anyway when I have this Blog! Only thing is, I’m now the only one accessing the Blog 8-)   Good for posterity in years to come.  Maybe my girls will read my adventures and have something to remember me by.  

More Zwifting and the Injury Monster Returns!

 With no real race goal for 2020, my enthusiasm for training remains as high as ever, which is a really good thing. However, this pesky injury niggle in my hip/pelvis bone is still impacting my running. I rest a few days and then try to run; the niggle returns each time. So I booked an appointment with one of the NTC Tri Club's physio type bods. He identified a pelvic mis-alignment and gave my old body a decent bit of torture. He also prescribed some stretch and flex exercises. Furthermore, I also now have some instruments of torture for trigger point therapy/rolling - yest it does hurt. . . .In a good way!

Despite this new rehab routine I aim to take a few days of complete rest next week. My increased cycling volume on Zwift may well have contributed to my injury - especially those long climbing races up Mt Ventoux. But hey, I did manage to win a Cat B Zwift event!

Yup, still really enjoying the whole Zwift experience. The next big event is a 3-day Haute Route party! This is based in the France World and will mean another full on effort up Ventop. The really gruelling aspect of this event is that there are 3 stages on consecutive days. So just like a real Haute Route event, pacing on each ride is crucial. All this Haute Route talk has me yearning to ride in the French Alps again. I looked at the Haute Route website. . . .  over £1500 just to enter! Then accommodation and travel on top of that. Cannot see my managing to ride one of these other than the virtual version  8-(  Oh well, soon be too old anyway. . . . . 

Injury Niggles

Summer progresses and everything feels a bit odd. No racing and WFH is actually ok at the moment. I'm still heavily engrossed in the Zwift platform and really enjoying it. The risk is I will over-train. I am entering more Zwift events and these make the time in the saddle go by so quickly - I'm finding myself prefering to ride indooors, abive a riad ride. Clocking up 300+k a week has really bumped my bike training volume. Hopefully, that will pay off when a real race is in the cards.