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@Dammit
It's been a bit of a jounrey of discovery so far this year- repeated injury leading to the visit to the physio, the Scoliosis diagnosis along with the (lack of) Soleus etc.
This has led to me having to relearn how to run, in some ways- with my spine in a straight line rather than in a loose S bend.
The only way that I can describe the first run was as if I was hanging from my head- the feeling of straightness was most odd.
Anyway, I ran my second fastest 10K time ever yesterday (missed going fastest by about 20 seconds) as part of a 15K that didn't feel that fast, so I'm hoping that having resolved some fairly serious issues that I was running with previously I can make some real progress on that front in future.
I had a fitting session with Scherrit last week, and again partially due to the spinal thing, but also due to a fairly significant increase in fitness and flexibility since I last saw him in 2010 things had changed on the bike as well.
In terms of this coming weekend I'm not where I wanted to be- but I think I'm actually in a really good place to develop for the future, so hey- I'll mark that as a win.
All I'm going to do for the rest of the week is try to get as much sleep as possible (I was knackered for Roubaix last year) and then make sure that I enjoy whatever Saturday brings.
Targets for the rest of the year are 1) 5 watts/kg FTP 2) 40 minute 10K.