Optimism

This blog formatting is all messed up. Sorry. I meant to sit down and fix it but the last week was super hectic. Questions - I need new bike shoes. Any recommendations? Are carbon fiber soles worth it? My left hip is sore. The pain wraps around my hip and radiates down the back of my leg. If I do a sun salutation bend over and then look up so my legs are straight but my bank is flat, I can really feel it. Saturday morning (3-9) - I think I might be getting a little cold. Ugghh. Might try and take it easy today. Sleep in the car. Probably wont be able to update after this. In general, if you don't want to read everything, I had a really good weekend in Bozeman. Motivating, fun, and hard ride and run going up lots of hills. Some even really steep. The week continued to productive except I did too much legs on Tuesday at gfit which was detrimental through the week. Legs hurt riding and running and my left hip still doesn't want to work. Headed south now and hope to get in something more productive tomorrow (sat). Tired now.

This is what got me through part of the swim on Thursday. The non-swimmer sharing the lane with me wacked me 4x in his short little drag himself through the water doing flailing backstroke. Really people, don't you know how to stay on your own side of the lane?  The swim ended well though. Did the 200 at 1k pace on 3:05 and the 100 on 1:29.  Yes!!!!!  Talk about a day full of ups and downs. Wed - swim and ride. Everything normal. Thursday - post work run. Then dinner with Jaimee. Working around some of my social stuff this week has been a little stressful. I like the normal schedule, like next weeks. Run was good. Feel like I am getting some endurance back. Saturday Had a really fun ride. First climbed Story Hill (you did that once), then headed north of town and climbed up all the hills I could find. Some even covered with snow and ice. Saw some bald eagles and hawks. Had an enjoyable day. Time between food kept getting closer and closer together as the ride got longer and longer. Glad to get out on cross bike. Needs some work and adjustment before Speed wagon. Friday- only made it one hour on the rollers. I need some new entertainment. Sunday Masters swim- the usual fast lane 5 people were not there so moved over to avoid the cluster of lane 4ers. They like to dilly dally. We finished the same workout at least 10 minutes ahead of them. I am starting to be annoyed. Good workout though. Included 3x150 at 1k pace. About 3200 total. Run - Bozeman weather never ceases to amaze me. Sunny while at Masters, complete white out for first half of run and sun to the west the other half. Good run and I didn't fall apart. Ran up (steep) Drinking Horse. 20 minutes up. Ran down. Ran up the M (steep). 25 minutes up. Did 3 little loops with very hard switchbacks. Each loop took 5 minutes. The only audience I had were so super sweet deer. Legs tired on Monday. Hurts to walk up stairs. Monday - found a series on the Iditarod. Was captivated for two whole episodes. 86 minutes. One musher has a giant hampster wheel a home. His dogs choose to get in it and run. They actually have to lock it sometimes because the dogs won't stop. Tuesday- gift- worked my legs pretty hard. Masters big workout. Lots of IM. Lots of fly. Total of 3400-3600. Was the very last one in the great big pool. Was hurting the next day though. Wed- got together with the team and did a group trainer ride. That workout hurt. My legs were so sore from the day before that I don't think I actually rode that fast. The post ride run hurt too. 15 minutes was a long time. Thursday - gift and masters swim. Swam about 2900. Was still feeling worked so took it easy. Friday- so tired today. Hectic at work all morning. Didn't get the run in. Just ran out of time. Stayed at a super sweet hot springs town. Hot springs right across the street from the hotel.