Ministry of Silly Walks – Run Technique Session
I went to a Triathlon training day with INTRtri Club at the weekend. We started off with a nice 90 minute swim session which was fun, and then headed out for a run session. Although, to be honest we didn’t do a whole lot of running as it was a special technique session so we spent the majority of the hour long run doing various drills in the car park.
We did everything you can imagine, from your normal squat jumps and side-stepping, through to full-on John Cleese style silly walks and even some Russian dancing. It didn’t feel too bad at the time, although no one was too keen on doing more squat jumps in the hour long Core session after the run. We must have looked pretty silly mind you!
I certainly felt it afterwards though. My legs were sore yesterday morning and gradually got worse all day. Any form of squat hurt and going up and down stairs was next to impossible. I’m just glad we live in a bungalow. I did manage a Turbo Trainer session in the afternoon, but that didn’t help to ease the muscles in my legs and today they were even worse.
It’s all good though, “no pain no gain” and all that, and its good to do something a little different and work some muscles in ways they aren’t used to. It’s all too easy to stagnate and keep doing the same workouts at the same intensity all of the time, so shaking it up a little and doing something different may hurt, but its a good way to prevent yourself from plateauing too much. That’s what I’m telling myself anyway!
