The hardest thing about training with a baby is trying to recover between sessions. No matter how good I am about my diet, stretching, or active recovery (i.e. light activity, mobility, getting on a foam roller, yoga) the lack of sleep makes me feel a bit old! Soreness doesn't go away as fast and it's harder for me to handle long medium-intensity sessions where I have to just keep grinding away. I've been staying away from caffeine (I've never been a coffee drinker) and I'm reluctant to start but that may change! At least for the next couple months... Lucas is now going to sleep around midnight or 1am and is lasting 3-4 hours between most nighttime feeds but he still makes noises I can only describe as "tropical bird squawking" for a few hours beginning anywhere from 6 to 8am.
Since my last post I've done several short speed workouts, lots of mobility, weights, and proprioceptive work (balancing on balance boards, drills with resistance tubing etc.). I'm working hard to get everything firing the way it should be and it seems to be paying off. My starts are as good as they've ever been. I'm beginning to work on the transition and top-speed phases and should be ready to run a good 60m soon. Only 340m to go! ;)
Once my ankle sprain healed I developed a tight Achilles on the same leg that forced me to keep my volume low and skip some running sessions after getting physio to loosen it up. This has prevented me from doing any tempo or speed endurance sessions for 6 weeks as I've been saving my Achilles for speed work. It's at a point now where I can do speed on a fly in spikes and 150s and 200s in flats at 24 second 200m pace with no problem. I'm going to try getting into spikes for the longer reps next week. I'll start with 6x150 with 3 min. rest in 17 seconds on Tuesday. If my Achilles is still happy the next day I'll feel comfortable writing out some definitive workouts and will finally get to take myself off "day-to-day" status. I might even have some good training sessions to post about!
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