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The older I get the better I was... but after many years of idle burrowing the candle of desire is still burning and I have come to realise that running is as much a part of me as my heart and lungs... In Christmas 2008 I was 82kg and was not running a step..This is my journey , the journey of the wombat...Dogged...determined...persistent...and maybe a little grumpy.. but like the wombat my journey is territorial, its about running and I am going to work to protect it...Come along for the ride and see if I can become the wombat warrior. 2009 was a mixed bag for the wombat's journey.A top ten placing in both the Bridges and the City Surf brought a small sense of achievement but also a degree of frustration.... I think I can do better and better I will in 2010. A better run in the Busso Half iron man in support of TV in his swim and bike ride and that was about the extent of my racing. Lets see what happens in 2010 as "My journey Continues". Now in 2011 the wombat will continue his journey, but not alone the wombat has a youngling who knows how to dig. 2015 and its a new beginning , time goes on and the journey to the 2016 World Masters is under way.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

We got a Wombat Down....!!!

Sounds like a movie title...We Got a Wombat down" however unlike a downed helicopter no one is coming looking for a wombat.
As mentioned in my previous post I had a tough session on the Monday, Well it seems that I am paying for it a little. Headed out the door (Tuesday) for a lazy 7 miles around my own burrow...Noticed a little niggle in the right Achilles. This stayed for the whole run and annoyed me most of the evening.
Kept the pace steady throughout and even though it was an easy run I made sure that I kept the pace the same going up the small rises that make up this run. This did mean working a little harder but hey this is how we get better....stronger...faster....
Stretched and iced the Achilles.. soaked a gauze in voltaren gel and secured it to my Achilles over night. Woke this morning and huge improvement. Don't want this too slow what I have started so I will monitor this closely. Throughout the day today I also had a gauze on the Achilles under my sock.. The things we do for the sake of staying on our feet.
Barrel on Wombats...

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