Felt really good about my life organization this week. Got in some good PT sessions, showed face at the house and got that done at reasonable hours, got in some good quality work hours. This week makes me feel like I can manage. Hopefully I can keep it up.
Monday- My legs and feet are feeling pretty good (Plantar, achilles) even though I raced yesterday. No pain anywhere when just moving around.
Schedule- Saturday- Wedding in Helena at 1pm. Will go over and come home on the same day. Kind of in the middle of the day to get much done.
Work- This week Wed and Thursday are going to be pretty crazy busy. Next week has no experiments planned.
PT- Jason looked at my shoulder last week. I had an AC separation years ago and it has had its aftermath. He gave me a couple of strength exercises and a stretching exercise and said that it would definitely help me with swimming.
Weeks highlights:
Sunday- I made this a very important workout and worked very hard. The race was small but a lot of very good people and it was kind of fun to race in such a small event. I led the swim, led the bike (saw a fox), and led the run. Took the big W for the race. However, I was running scared. A newbie triathlete who was a runner at Gonzaga, up until she graduated this year, was close enough behind that I was definitely worried. Also, those were the most painful 6 miles I have run in a long time. It was slightly uphill, at 7500 feet and basically straight for the whole run. I could never quite catch my breath. Also, carried water and food since there was only one lone water jug at mile 3. Forgot how hard it is to run with a bottle.
Sunday- I made this a very important workout and worked very hard. The race was small but a lot of very good people and it was kind of fun to race in such a small event. I led the swim, led the bike (saw a fox), and led the run. Took the big W for the race. However, I was running scared. A newbie triathlete who was a runner at Gonzaga, up until she graduated this year, was close enough behind that I was definitely worried. Also, those were the most painful 6 miles I have run in a long time. It was slightly uphill, at 7500 feet and basically straight for the whole run. I could never quite catch my breath. Also, carried water and food since there was only one lone water jug at mile 3. Forgot how hard it is to run with a bottle.
I would totally recommend this race for other people wanting to have a good hard day. I would not recommend this race for a big triathlon race experience. We didn't even have numbers. Not to mention splits. The gravel road shouldn't deter people. It is pretty smooth and oiled. I even got into the aero bars for a bit.
The new girl is starting graduate school at MSU. She has a lot of potential. Think she will do The Bobcat and hopefully join the MSU Tri club. I was also glad to have the competition.
Other highlights:
Had a couple of great PT sessions of the week. Did them at the gym after running and got everything done including the srtength stuff.
Wednesday ride- Hyalite is my sufferfest hill. That workout was harder than I thought. Going for 3 minutes at a 20 k pace after a build from a 1\2 ironman pace was hard. Suffered through and got it done.
Just got in everything else. Lots of shorter runs that have generally been feeling good.
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