Hardly a 4 minute mile

More like a 17 minute mile (or 2k in about 20 mins). But I'm not disheartened - I now have a distance and a time to play with (at the last run I only had a distance).
After that I completed what would have been my morning sets, but since I am now getting up at 0530 to get to work, the morning sets are going to have to move.
Feeling fairly good this evening actually - like there's been progress. Given my injury record of late a 2k run (even if it was slow) is something I'm pleased with. Am playing with the intensity of the run - am going to try a slightly lower intensity over greater distance, then work on the speed, I feel this might be a) better psychologically and b) a bit easier on my joints.
Though on another positive note, I think the current fitness regime (which started a few months before this blog) is currently the longest solo fitness attempt I've made. There have been breaks, but I've kept coming back. Which shows promise.
I think I deserve some dinner now.

Mostly positive

Went for a run today, gave up at 1k as knee hurting - oh well, it gives me somewhere to start from I suppose.
Also did morning sets (bar the form which I shall do shortly) am pleased to report am lifting my pre-injury weights (5 on the biceps, 8 on the triceps), though the press-ups have taken a knock back (5 real 10 girly at present - will level up next week though)
That's not bad

Bugger - better do some training

As have just sent off my registration documents for Fightcamp 2010

Back in the water

As a break from revision, I have been out bodyboarding twice in the last week, and I have to say, yesterday's session was awesome! We went down Rhossili and it was three foot and clean which was brilliant. It was the first time I have really felt entirely confident to just play about which was good as it meant that steve could have fun surfing while I pretended to be superman on the bodyboard (apparently it just looks a bit special but I was having fun).
Seems that all those hours in the pool in the winter have finally paid off!

Starting again

Well,
Here we are again - the knee is healing surprisingly well I have to say - nowhere near as bad as previous incidents. This is good, though I am trying not to get to cocky with it as knees are tricksy buggers.
Am currently doing physio exercises morning and night and a few bits and pieces in the morning to try not to atrophy completely, will add a couple more 'bits and pieces' next week to see how it goes, and will go back to surf fitness next week too in an attempt to start re-building my cardio.
May as well start somewhere.

Sitrep

After two days - knee is feeling lots better - heavy strapping and ibuprofen gel seems to be doing the trick

Derren Brown felt the need to tweet that relaxed people heal better - I wasn't amused.

Broken

Well the ankle injury healed, and I was just getting back into my training. It was all going well, then I put my knee out.
Not good.
What caused it was an intensive session of breakfalling, which I am basically rubbish at. Two hours later I've put my (good) knee out.
Not only can I still not breakfall, but I am off training for a good bit, and apparently the smart money says I won't be back. Apparently it is not common for people to go back after crawling off the mat a blubbering mess.
I'm so angry with my leg, with myself, and a bit with the guy who was teaching me for pushing me till I broke. (I tend to collapse onto my leading leg, landing on my knee, after doing this for two hours, its not surprising it went)
I'm angry with myself as this wouldn't have happened if I wasn't scared of breakfalling, which is why I was having a two hour session. I could do it on a big fluffy crash mat, but then lost all confidence on the proper mats and started collapsing again. Yes I knew the problem was in my head, but that didn't help me fix it. Having spent a great deal of my early years being told not to do things that would lead to me falling over and hurting myself has not helped.
And now I'm here, in my room, strapped and limping again. Wondering if that's the end of jitsu for me.
Right now I think there's a chance I might.
I limped off from my first western martial arts competition in tears (ok it took my a few years ) but I went back
I crawled out of my first boxing session in tears - but I went back
Now - the times of jitsu training make it incompatible with having a job, which is a bit shit, so there was a chance I was always going to have to finish come July.
We shall see - though any encouragement that could be sent right now would be welcome.