Happy Holidays!!! The holiday season is upon us and I'm way behind on my gift shopping which is not my style, usually I'm on top of the gift buying but this year it hasn't happened. The tree is up, wreaths hung and garland strung about the house however.
Training has been going as well as can be expected given the continuing saga of my tendinitis. The good news is that it's getting better. I'm getting physical therapy treatments at least once a week which involves deep tissue massage and ultrasound and am doing many stretches and strength exercises daily. At this point the pain and stiffness is mostly after my run workouts so I've cut back the distance, intensity and am not running two days in a row for now (still logging about 20 miles a week). It's on the mend as the pain and discomfort isn't as great and subsides quicker after my workouts so all in all things are improving.
On the swim front things are going very well as I'm still in the pool twice a week (6000 - 7000 yds)focusing on drills. This past week however I did 8 X 100 yds averaging around 1:28 which is a vast improvement from where I was two months ago (at about 1:37 for 100 yds).
Next week will be a bike focus week so I'm expecting longer miles on the bike next week during the week off from work. I'll be stocking up on tubes as I had two flats on my ride yesterday which was a bummer.
I'm also got confirmed for the training camp in Tucson in early March which should be a good push into the big mileage and intensity months leading up to Hawaii 70.3 in May and Ironman CDA in June.
I'll be posting my year in review before the end of the year so you have to look forward to. For now however I hope you have a very happy and safe holiday season.
12.17.2007
12.02.2007
Sore Leg
After the good run last Sunday this week was tough. My tendonitis continued to bother me and a sore shin got much worse. I recovered pretty well from the 1/2 marathon but during my recovery run on Monday my tendonitis got really bad. I decided to cut back on the swimming and running the rest of the week to rest the tendonitis.
I swam Friday and and the leg felt pretty good during and after the swim. Saturday was supposed to be a long run (1 hour and 50 minutes) but in discussions with my coach we cut it back. I ended up running 1:10 during which my sore shin got much worse. I actually think I tore or strained the shin muscle but it got to the point where I was limping pretty severely at the end of my run and could hardly walk afterwards. The run was fun as it was in a snowstorm, yep it's cold and snowy in Seattle. I got acupuncture later in the day which reduced the swelling but the shin was still really sore, I'm now on a regiment of rest and ice for a few days in hopes of it healing. This will also hopefully give my tendonitis a chance to heal as well.
Funny enough it was this weekend last year that I crashed on my bike and broke my hand so it's a bit of deja vu. Better to rest now and get to the race though. It's always tougher mentally than physically to not workout but I'm sure it will be the best in the long run as I actually need to be healthy enough to train to actually get to the race.
My previous post about the Ironman World Championships I noted the great performances of a few of the pro's who despite not having good days still finished the race no matter how long it took in the spirit of the Ironman. The NBC coverage of the race was on yesterday and they highlighted these performances was great to see.
Here's to rest and icing this week. Hopefully I'm on the mend.
I swam Friday and and the leg felt pretty good during and after the swim. Saturday was supposed to be a long run (1 hour and 50 minutes) but in discussions with my coach we cut it back. I ended up running 1:10 during which my sore shin got much worse. I actually think I tore or strained the shin muscle but it got to the point where I was limping pretty severely at the end of my run and could hardly walk afterwards. The run was fun as it was in a snowstorm, yep it's cold and snowy in Seattle. I got acupuncture later in the day which reduced the swelling but the shin was still really sore, I'm now on a regiment of rest and ice for a few days in hopes of it healing. This will also hopefully give my tendonitis a chance to heal as well.
Funny enough it was this weekend last year that I crashed on my bike and broke my hand so it's a bit of deja vu. Better to rest now and get to the race though. It's always tougher mentally than physically to not workout but I'm sure it will be the best in the long run as I actually need to be healthy enough to train to actually get to the race.
My previous post about the Ironman World Championships I noted the great performances of a few of the pro's who despite not having good days still finished the race no matter how long it took in the spirit of the Ironman. The NBC coverage of the race was on yesterday and they highlighted these performances was great to see.
Here's to rest and icing this week. Hopefully I'm on the mend.
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