5-11 thru 5-17

Tuesday
Got up in the morning and did the run. Felt good. Legs were there. It had been raining and got to run in a break in the rain which was nice.
Rode mountain bike around town trails. Checked out houses and found some new trails. Saw a very large bird. Blue heron maybe? Rode 1:30.

Wed.
Long ride. It was a good day. Rode a little longer than prescribed because I kind of got stuck a few times and had to backtrack. Started getting a pain in my right hip. Massage guy definitely thinks it is muscular. A stabilizing muscle that is getting called on when my legs get tired. Ate some extra food and still felt good while running. A little sideache but it went away.

Thursday
Easy swim. More like social hour at Masters swim. Got some good core and stretching in before though. Felt really good in the pool, but woke up in the middle of the night with my back just hurting. Had to take ibuprofen to get it to go away.

Friday
Easy run. ugh. Legs very heavy not wanting to turnover. Very tired today. Need to eat more the day after a long ride.
Easy swim- not swimming too hard. Back and shoulder are really sore. Got massage and Matt really worked on my shoulder. Lots of trigger points in there. Gave me more exercises and stretches to do.

Sat.
Met up with people for this ride. Yeah. Ride didn't really go as planned because the wind was so crazy. It was either a crazy crosswind, headwind, or tailwind. It was hard to even focus on race pace with such a fast tailwind and downhill. Ride was good though. Lots of climbing to get to Battle Ridge and back. Ride time was about 5 hours.

Sun.
Still crazy wind so run didn't go as planned either. Also, in Bozeman it is hard to go up and down. It seems like it is all either up or down. Ran up Hyalite. Was going to turn around at the half way point, but got so close to the top had to finish. Run was about 2:45. Ran hard down. Especially the last 3 miles.
Thoughts on compression? I have some socks I wear after a big ride or in the car before a race. I wore them yesterday on the run and felt really good. Maybe the socks helped.