The Good Mood Cookbook

shotgunmcos

Bath with Epsom salts and massage the quads in the bath
Then rub in arnica and/or polar ice
Pop a few ibuprofen every few hours and lots of rice for the knee

I'm able to get out of the car by myself and descend a flight of stairs in under 5 minutes today

Oryx

shotgunmcos wrote: »

Bath with Epsom salts and massage the quads in the bath
Then rub in arnica and/or polar ice
Pop a few ibuprofen every few hours and lots of rice for the knee

I'm able to get out of the car by myself and descend a flight of stairs in under 5 minutes today

Oh god, that is so familiar. Stairs have been hell since Monday.

I went into an Equestrian store on Monday, to buy epsom salts (cheapest place to get it) and the girl who served me, and noticed my state, was still laughing at me as I limped out the door.

career_move

Thanks for your post on my log and congrats on your own podium finish. I'll be checking in here for tips for the Beast

Oryx

career_move wrote: »

Thanks for your post on my log and congrats on your own podium finish. I'll be checking in here for tips for the Beast

I think youre well ahead of me already when it comes to races like that! I hope to tackle the Beast next year, so I'm watching your progress, and I will certainly be picking your brains afterwards. I see its only 12 weeks away now, time flies!

Oryx

Long Slow (very slow) Run today. Not the easiest thing to do on fecked up legs. I put it off from this morning, for once I couldn't face pelting rain, but it was a good choice; this evening was lovely.

21.6k in 2:03. Horrible but done.

ronanmac

Just catching up on your log, congrats on the podium finish! Fantastic!!! I can attest to the power of epsom salt baths, good to know that equestrian stores sell the salts cheaper (although I don't think I've ever seen an equestrian store in this part of the world!).

Oryx

Pet shops/farmers coop probably have it too? Thanks for the comments, have to say I'm pretty disappointed at how buckled I've been since!

Swam this morning. Settled in well and while I'm still struggling with the rotation and therefore slow, I enjoyed this. 2200m

Oryx

Turbo this morning, just a steady set holding pace in the big cog. I was a very reluctant soldier, but felt better at the end than the beginning. 80 mins incl w/u and c/d.

Kurt Godel

Have you done drafting practice with your kids yet? 3D aquathlon next week...

Oryx

Kurt Godel wrote: »

Have you done drafting practice with your kids yet? 3D aquathlon next week...

Nope, they didnt get entered. Long story.

Oryx

A windy day for a long cycle today. Sometimes it was in my face, sometimes at my back, and for the last 30k it mocked me by coming at me head on no matter what direction I took. Did this ride solo and funnily enough that was better than a group because I could set my own pace and there weren't multiple stops. Just a single coffee-and-tayto stop. (Tayto cheese and onion are becoming my food of choice on the bike - brilliant stuff)

161k in 6:45. I needed to get that kind of distance under my belt. A tad faster would be nice though.

Oryx

Finally, FINALLY got my first (irish) ow swim. Chilly but ok once you got going. 1.1k in 30 mins including the first five minutes of trying to get past brain freeze. Glad to have got this one done, the first is always a hurdle.

Oryx

Its a funny thing, fate.

Ive just fallen while out running. Did more damage than if I had been on a bike. Blood everywhere and an ankle three times its normal size. I am a fkn idiot.

Sitting here bandaged and on ice wondering if my IM is now messed up

shotgunmcos

Oryx wrote: »

Its a funny thing, fate.

Ive just fallen while out running. Did more damage than if I had been on a bike. Blood everywhere and an ankle three times its normal size. I am a fkn idiot.

Sitting here bandaged and on ice wondering if my IM is now messed up

Its not! Heal carefully, ankles are fickle. You will be fine

You could always take up a diet of 6-8,000yrd 'recovery' swims :rolleyes:

Oryx

shotgunmcos wrote: »

Its not! Heal carefully, ankles are fickle. You will be fine

You could always take up a diet of 6-8,000yrd 'recovery' swims :rolleyes:

I have road rash on every joint. No swimming just now!

Shell to Run

Sweet divine, out running! I thought you fell off the bike. Keep icing and you will be sound. Still lots of time before IM so chin up girl.

mossym

listen to the mcos. rest it, let it heal, and you;ll be back

Oryx

Shell to Run wrote: »

Sweet divine, out running! I thought you fell off the bike. Keep icing and you will be sound. Still lots of time before IM so chin up girl.

When my other half and son came to pick me up they looked at the state of me and said 'wheres the bike?'

I just noticed I have grazes all across my ribcage. Htf did I do that? Beginning to see the funny side but still can't walk!

Dory Dory

Aw jeez.....how did this happen???

Oryx

Waiting for X ray on possible leg fracture. Fingers crossed please.

Oryx

Dory Dory wrote: »

Aw jeez.....how did this happen???

Downhill, running fast, into the sun so hard to see, went over on a ledge in the tarmac at the roads edge. Went down hard.

Should have gone swimming this morning.

Dory Dory

Oryx wrote: »

Waiting for X ray on possible leg fracture. Fingers crossed please.

NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

No. This cannot even be a possibility. Put it out of your head. Think of anything else...even Griffin's hairy arse!!!!!!!!!

Kurt Godel

Ah FFS, thats not good.

Hope you get it fixed soon. Maybe look forward to some monster swim sets soon. The water doesn't hurt if you fall in it.

shotgunmcos

Hopefully not a fracture K. But then, that may force proper rest for any A type. Either way rest and heal, even griffins hairy are won't fix this fast

Crap thing to happen with an IM looming but Shell has it right, you have plenty of time. Suggest entering an OW swim event to give you short term specific focus

Oryx

Depends on prognosis. Will have to fight against a cast!

Oryx

Broken leg and broken dream!

Solobally8

Oryx wrote: »

Broken leg and broken dream!

Oh god, so sorry to hear this K. What a total fcuking bummer!!!

pointer28

Oryx wrote: »

Broken leg and broken dream!

Aww ****e, that's an absolute bummer.

So, so shattered for you, especially after all the effort you've put into your swimming all year.

Oryx

JB dealt with worse. Ill survive. No training for 8 weeka.

Dory Dory

Oryx wrote: »

Broken leg and postponed dream!

Fixed that for you.