My running continued on for another week pretty well.....I was doing the miles but the runs were getting slower and the aches were flaring up- Around Thursday of last week, I had the gut feeling again, poster tibialis was not happy and my calves were like spasming rocks... Got some torture ART and skipped a day of running- as much as I want to complete the block- one day off allowed me 3 more solid runs. I slapped my Garmin on Sunday for my longest run and well it was utterly depressing... cadence was 86 vs 90- yes 4 steps a minute is ALOT and my pace, well we are not even going there. Yes I was tired, yes I woke up Monday sick ...blah blah blah - bottom line it was slow, so slow I started hoping there was a satellite failure someplace...
So on we go to Carlsbad 1/2 this weekend- before Sunday I was optimistic I would have a decent run. Not a PR or even close, but a decent benchmark for the the next 9 weeks as I head into Oceanside. And now I am fearful of a slower run flat out that I run off the bike.... we shall see! I am happy to have company, Kristen and I shall start together...while she is a speedier runner - she plans to start slower and ease into it...my plan try to hang with her- could be awesome or could be really painful.
Along with all the running I ramped up the swimming. 3 swims - all 4000k minimum and I dragged my sorry self to Masters. New program in Scripps Ranch and I love it. Small pool that is wavy but hey it simulates open water right? 10:00 masters which is perfect! I can get up and do my run or bike early, work for a few hours and then swim- there are 2 girls that are presently kicking by arse. They randomly go on the 1:15 which is way out of my zip code right now so I slap on paddles and go for it. By Friday I was just plain sore....my lats and tri's are worked. The test set this week of 10x100 on 1:20 did not go so well..... but it is benchmarking.
Come Thursday my brother and family arrived from Australia via Aspen for a long weekend of fun..... short visit but we will be there in a month so it was a good warm up. We made the most of it.
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| Teenagers at the park |
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| Dinner with my bro and mom |
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| Billy turns 76! |
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| Decorating the cake |
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| perfect 3 boys...they wore each other out all weekend |
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| Uncle Scott and R |
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| Jax at Chucke Cheese... |
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| the girls |
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| Taz the monkey |
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