Taking it Slowly

Two and a half weeks in and the knee feels good. Turns out that the hardest thing continues to be not doing too much. I have been building up the walking and for the first time in a year I can walk without limping, my brain obviously then instantly turned to running and I had to have a word with myself about not doing anything stupid!!! Take your own advice Becca, what would you tell a client.

My training psyche has well and truly returned and it’s time to get back on the fingerboard and pull up bar. I am always shocked by how hard these things feel when you restart after a break, and how small the gains seem to be, but then, with perseverance things start to move in the right direction.

So much of training is a mental game, this year, with injury and COVID, I have had no trips to work towards and no real projects. This has meant that for the first time in a couple of years I have had zero desire to train. I have been patient with myself but I was beginning to worry that it would never come back.

Now though, I still don’t have any trips planned and I still have no projects, but I feel like the knee is on the mend and my whole attitude has become more positive. No climbing until after Christmas, but it might snow and I want to be ready.

The grit is calling

(I’m trying to not even think about running, I love running in the snow but that will be off limits for awhile yet)