Bolest / Pain

Zdravim Vas z Anglie! Proto tento tyden pisu bez diakritiky. Ve ctvrtek asi ve 3 hodiny rano jsem se probudil, protoze me bolel cely clovek, predevsim moje ramena. Nebylo to poprve. Uz par tydnu jsem bojoval prekrocit v treninku 30km tydne. Kdyz jsem mel par dobrych dni, netrvalo dlouho, nez se vratili bolesti. Hodne jsem se protahoval denne, ale pomohlo to jen do urcite miry. Nekdy, kdyz jsem do vody skakal, hned bolely svaly kolem ramen a ta bolest zustala po celem treninku. I kdyz jsem mel par klidnejsich dni, abych odpocival svaly, bolest se brzy vratila. Ocekaval to, ale myslel jsem, ze si na trenink zvyknu a bolest zmizi a bylo to frustrujici, ze jsem nemohl zvysit kilometraz tak, jak jsem chtel.

Nejsem prirozeny plavec. Ve skutecnosti jsem se vody bal, kdyz jsem byl maly! Bydleli jsme 2 roky v Izraeli, kdyz jsem zacinal chodit do skoly, hned naproti plazi, ale celou dobu tam stezi jsem se naucil plavat. Pak zpatky v Anglii, kdyz mi bylo asi 10 let, jsem chodil na plavecky klub, ale nikdy jsem se nicitil ve vode v pohode, tak jsem prestal. Zacal jsem jezdit na kole a behat a pozdeji jsem behal za mistni klub. Ucastnil jsem se zavodu 10 km, pres polni beh a 2 pul maratony. Kdyz mi bylo kolem 21, rozhodl jsem se zkusit triatlon, ale vedel jsem, ze plavani bude moje slaba stranka. Zacal jsem trenovat a zucastnil jsem se dvou dni koucinku s nasim byvalym olympijskym kapitanem plavani Robinem Brewem, ktery se pak stal vrcholnim triatlonistou, a dosahl jsem obstojnou uroven - dokonce me to docela bavilo! Ale do dneska moje technika neni zdaleka dokonaly a nejsem rychly plavec. Navic donedavna jsem nikdy neplaval vic nez 3000 m najednou.

Mozna to bude znit divne, ale kdyby to nebolelo, byl bych zklamany a myslel bych, ze je to prilis lehke, takze jsem asi sadomasochista, kdyz rikam, ze jsem rad, ze to tak je. Na druhou stranu chci byt pripraven a chci si samotnou akci uzivat bez prilis mnoho bolesti. Konecne jsem na to prisel, ze jsem moc tvrde plaval. Kdyz se citim ve vode dobre, plavu rychleji a to je pricinou bolesti. Tohle nebude jednorazovy sprint na 1500 m jako je triathlon, bude to namahavy maraton na 20 dni. Rad sdeluju, ze jsem byl schopen se zpomalit a poslednich par dni plavu dele a bez bolesti. Dosahl jsem minuly tyden 33 km a pokud budu takhle pokracovat, budu 28. cervna dobre priprave:-).

On Thursday night I woke up at about 3am with my whole body aching, particularly my shoulders. It wasn’t for the first time. I’d been struggling for a few weeks to get over 30km per week and if I had a few good days, it never lasted long and the aches would soon come back. I was doing a lot of stretching every day, which only helped to a certain degree. Sometimes I got in the pool and the muscles around my shoulders ached immediately and for the whole session. Even if I had a couple of easy days to rest the muscles, the pain soon came back. I had expected some pain but I thought it would go away and I was getting frustrated that I couldn’t increase the distance.

I’m not a natural swimmer. In fact, when I was a kid, I was afraid of water! We lived in Israel for two years when I was starting school, right opposite the beach, but in the whole time there I barely learned to swim. Then, back in England, I went to swim club for a while when I was around 10 years old but I never felt very comfortable in the water so I stopped going. I got into cycling and running, later joining a local running club and taking part in 10k events, cross-country and a couple of half-marathons. Then, when I was about 21 I decided to try triathlon, but I knew that the swimming would let me down. I started training and after attending a couple of coaching days with the ex-Olympic swim-captain-turned-triathlete Robin Brew, I got up to a reasonable level, and I even quite enjoyed it. But even today my technique is not perfect and I’m not such a fast swimmer. Added to that, I’d never swum more than 3000m at once until recently.

But, and this might sound strange, if it didn’t hurt, I would be disappointed and think that it was too easy. So in a sick sadomasochistic way I’m glad. On the other hand I do want to be prepared and I want to be able to enjoy the event itself without too much pain. I’m glad to say that I was able to slow down my pace and the last few days have seen me swimming longer distances without any pain after. I got up to 33km for last week and provided I can continue in that way, I’ll be well prepared by 28 June:-).