19 weeks to go!!

Mileage for the week..... Rubbish!!

No point in listing it, i've done about 8 miles, and all 8 was cripplingly painful!!
The Chiropractor said I had a leg length imbalance, had some work on it, and I think that was a symptom of something else now. My Pelvis was slightly rotated..

Tonight I went to see a Sports Injury Specialist (Anatomy in Chorlton, Manchester) with the booking for an Orthotic's fitting, however i'm not sure that's the be all and end all of it.. I cycled there (really Bloody fast!) I left my running shoes at home (Doh!) so she couldn't see me running to have a look at what was going on. after a few questions and my pathetic attempt at trying to explain the problem she did a 10 min battering of my Right IT band after we found this to be in a particulary tight state after our talk, I now fear it could be as simple as my running shoes are knackered... (they are) and the high mileage has resulted in my knee and IT working extra hard to the point of overuse.

Anyway, Going again tomorrow and will see what she thinks to my running and what's going on with my Knees/Ankles... I really think (hope) i'll get a slapped wrist and told to buy some new decent trainers! which I know I need to anyway.. I will post a report of what we find out tomorrow!

So training....

Mon            4 miles run 10 miles bike. Circuit training (with no running)
Tuesday       4 miles run, 10 miles bike. Had to detour home as was in so much pain.
Weds           0 miles run, 10 miles bike, Circuit training with 2000mts on the Rowing machine beforehand.
Thurs            0 miles, 10 miles Hard bike.
Fri                Nothing
Sat               7 miles WALK, and 10km rowing
Sun              Nothing.

I don't get pain when Cycling, or Rowing, so I have been pushing it on the bike this week, as well as the Strength stuff in Circuits.
I am getting quite worried as 19 weeks seems such a short amount of time to get fit enough to do this challenge justice, I guess i'll have to work doubly hard as soon as I get over this.. (still while building the miles up slowly this time! lol) I can tell the cross training is helping, I'm keeping my fitness so that's no so bad. Resting heart rate on a morning is ~43bpm, so a good sign..
Suffering from runners blues a bit too.... been down all weekend really just want to get out and run... Think i'll plan a long bike ride on Sunday, if it's not freezing or snowing.

Keep you posted with any developments! (promise i'll try remember this time..)