I’ll be having surgery next Monday and won’t be able to train for a week or two, depending on when the stitches can be removed (or whatever indication I receive from my doctor). I train primarily for 800/1500, though I’m by no means fast and I’m a washed up never has-been. Last year was a write off due to nagging injuries and lack of time. I feel that training on my own is going well so far (45-60 km/week) and I popped a 17:40 5k on new year’s eve (17:28 PR 05/2019, slow course).
What should my last session be before going under the knife and hanging up my shoes for a couple of weeks? I’m hesitating between 5-6x1000, 4-5x1200, 3x1600, something shorter and faster, or a time trial. Does it even matter? Your input will be appreciated!
Oops. It’s *not* an elective surgery. I could die months down the line if I don’t have it. Otherwise baring any complications, my life will be mostly normal afterwards.
It’s *not* an elective surgery. I could die months down the line if I don’t have it. Otherwise baring any complications, my life will be mostly normal afterwards.
You're well enough to do a hard workout, but you're doing to die if you don't get cut up????
That sounds like total BS.
Historically, you're more likely to die if you get your insides cut up by pharma profiteers.
Go for an easy run just to relax the day before your surgery. You don’t need your body dealing with running stressors on top of recovery from any significant operation.
Go for an easy run just to relax the day before your surgery. You don’t need your body dealing with running stressors on top of recovery from any significant operation.
Yes, you need more strength for this than you realize going in. Just do enough to relax.
Oops. It’s *not* an elective surgery. I could die months down the line if I don’t have it. Otherwise baring any complications, my life will be mostly normal afterwards.
I’ll be having surgery next Monday and won’t be able to train for a week or two, depending on when the stitches can be removed (or whatever indication I receive from my doctor). I train primarily for 800/1500, though I’m by no means fast and I’m a washed up never has-been. Last year was a write off due to nagging injuries and lack of time. I feel that training on my own is going well so far (45-60 km/week) and I popped a 17:40 5k on new year’s eve (17:28 PR 05/2019, slow course).
What should my last session be before going under the knife and hanging up my shoes for a couple of weeks? I’m hesitating between 5-6x1000, 4-5x1200, 3x1600, something shorter and faster, or a time trial. Does it even matter? Your input will be appreciated!
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Go for an easy run just to relax the day before your surgery. You don’t need your body dealing with running stressors on top of recovery from any significant operation.
Yes, you need more strength for this than you realize going in. Just do enough to relax.
Thank you to those of you who contributed constructively to the thread! I’ll follow your advice and take it easy. Thinking of a last session before having time off keeps my mind of what’s to come, while making me feel that I can minimise my fitness losses.
The disease is an early enough stage that I haven’t had any symptoms or pain. My lab results and CT scans are also clean, giving me hope that I may just be able to avoid chemo. But all of that will be revealed after the biopsy.
Do a time trial. It could take a few weeks to get back into racing shape. You might as aell do an assessment of your fitness now before you lose some. Since you said you're primarily an 8/15 guy, I would say a 1200 meter time trial is a good distance.
The disease is an early enough stage that I haven’t had any symptoms or pain. My lab results and CT scans are also clean, giving me hope that I may just be able to avoid chemo. But all of that will be revealed after the biopsy.
They're lying to you. Testicular cancer is not a disease. Having a testicle removed will not have any benefit to you, will be damaging to the tissues around it and your system. If you comply with the liars you will either die from the treatments or you will live to regret it. If you want to know more I will tell you but otherwise you're on your own, and if you live you will wish you had never done what they're trying to deceive you into doing.
Do a time trial. It could take a few weeks to get back into racing shape. You might as aell do an assessment of your fitness now before you lose some. Since you said you're primarily an 8/15 guy, I would say a 1200 meter time trial is a good distance.
I followed the Sturgeon General’s advice and went for a time trial! My training week went as follows:
While on vacation:
Monday: 2x(5x300) in 53-54 with walk back recovery, 2 min between sets
Tuesday: hilly 12 km.
Wednesday: off (had run 6 days straight prior, so rest day it was)
Thursday: 25 min hilly tempo
Friday: 5 km easy, 8x30s hills with walk jog down recovery
Back at home
Saturday: 45 min easy
Sunday: 3 km warm-up, drills, and 1200m TT in 3:46 wearing spikes in cold 0° C conditions with light wind. First lap was super slow at 1:19 so picked up the pace for the rest and was all out for the last ~150m. Went XC skate skiing a couple hours later to enjoy the awesome snow my area got, as I don’t know when I’ll be back again and if the snow will last.
Notes: I can’t complain about my time for this time of year, considering I’ve been focusing on aerobic development since I started training again seriously in the autumn, without any typical miler sessions except for the 300s and 2 sessions of 12x200 in the past 3 months. I was on vacation last week and had only hilly terrain available but in a beautiful area. The sessions were all started within 1 hour of waking up and were followed by lots of walking, with the exception of Friday (evening).
I was successfully operated today and will get the good or bad news within a week. Regardless, I’m fired up and looking forward to being healthy again and getting back to running and skiing!
Thank you all for your support and wish you the best with your goals, running-related or not!
Which proves that you didn't have a disease before going to them. You wouldn't even have known about it if they hadn't programmed you to think something was wrong with you.
A case in point, diagnosed with 4th stage testicular cancer. Was told surgery, chemo, radiation would give 50% chance of living for 5 years. Was told if refusing their BS treatments it would quickly spread through lymph nodes, lungs, liver and whole body. Was told if refusing their BS treatments would be dead in a month.
Refused the treatments, walked out and never returned. That was 45 years ago.