Managed to get in a 1,000 meter swim and a 2 mile run along with a solid calf and core workout this am. Felt really good. At the Dr's office right now hoping to get some advice on how to prevent this injury in the future. X-rays were taken of my left knee and will find out shortly my situation.

More to follow..........

TGIF.........

Looking forward to my 3PM Dr's appt to get my knee checked out. I've taken the last 2 days off from any training, which is making me go out of my head. Hopefully I'll get some good advice from Doc Stark....Plan on being in the pool this weekend, back with the triathlon training group and a 35-40 mile bike ride on Saturday, wether is looking nice enough for a ride.

Jack's got his last hoops game and playoffs tomorrow, should be fun. Thinking about Sushi this evening and going to bed early so I'm ready to train hard on Saturday.

Lot's of chatter across the Internet regarding Leadville 100 training in June......hopefully I can be riding my new mtn bike that I haven't bought yet, at a minimum.

Spring break in a few weeks and looking forward bringing my bike to T&C to train in the heat, in preparation for IM 70.3 STX, that is if I can do the entire event. May be reduced to a relay...going to check out my fall back options today.

Lot's of work to get done today.......

Cheers!

Got up at 4:45am today to go to 24 hour fitness. Got on the treadmill for a 2 mile run at a 10 minute me pace. Left LCL or possibly the IT band giving me big time problems.

Post run I did a 1 hour spin class where we were out of the saddle an climbing for 50 minutes straight. Knee was not a problem. Busted my tail in that class this am.

Looking forward to see Dr Stark on Friday. Thinking I won't be running for a while.

Cheers!!

Travel Day.....

No work out today, but will hit the pool and bike in the am. Got a great massage this evening. Left IT band pretty beat up and sore still. Glad that I took last 2 weeks off from running. Like being back on the bike and in the pool to cross train. Going to bed...........counting sheep.

Cheers!

Got in a 35 mile bike ride yesterday. Rode the usual Arrington Vineyard route. Big head winds on the way out. It took me a solid hour to reach the turn around. Usually takes me about 55 minutes.

On the return it took me 50 minutes with a really nice tail wind for most of it. At certain times I was going 30MPH with no breeze - which meant there was a 30MPH tail wind .....nice!

Average HR was about 132 BPM. A beautiful sunny warm 70F day in middle tennessee.

Up and out the door today at 4:20am for a 5:40am flight to Denver. Gotta say how much I dislike getting up at 3:45am. Just isn't natural.

Busy with Mgt meetings today and will hit the treadmill tonight to test out the left knee. Got in 2 miles of speed walking last nite on the treadmill and felt ok - towards the end felt a little in the outer left knee - but may have been in my head.

Got a busy week in front of me with a bunch of travel. Pack light, run hard and fast.

Cheers!

A day of "Rest"

No work outs today. Just a good stretch this am before heading out to Jack's Bball game. Tomorrow it's suppose to be about 65F so I'm going to get in 35 miles on the bike. This past week I got in 3 spin classes and 1 outside ride. Also managed to get in 2 swims, nothing big , but back in the water.

My first week back was, overall, good. My endurance is certainly there but form is lacking and specific muscle group need work. I am going to try to hi the gym as well tomorrow to get in some strength training, stretching and a 3 mile run. I'm concerned about my left IT band/knee. I've got a doctors appt on Friday to get a few pics taken of my knee and foor to insure that I have no major issues. Fingers crosse :).

Loving my dogs tonight.........

Cheers!!

TGIF.........

This was a very long week. Work has been rather demanding, while I attempt to get back into training for STX 70.3. I managed to get in 25 miles on the FB2PRO today. Felt pretty good for the most part. When I take inventory of my overall health. I am feeling pretty strong on the bike. My left knee still feels a little aggravated and my right foot is all better...I think. I'm certainly concerned about over training and developing an injury. Lot's of minor aches and pains right now.

Since the RR100 I've been experiencing light headedness post work outs. Think I pushed maybe a little too hard in that race, albeit it sure didn't feel like it at the time. Have had several instances, but was able to get thru them. Also, slight memory loss as well...attribute it to being 43. Not certain if my little drop in BP episode is the reason for this. Frustrating at times.

Post bike ride today I felt very dizzy and just out of sorts. Granted it was my first ride, I felt good and pushed hard to catch up to some dude that was about 1/2 mile in front of me. It took me about 10 minutes or so but I did catch him and then hit it hard as I could as I passed him. I'm certainly not use to being in aero position. When I was in the pool this week when I got out I was pretty dizzy as well. It only lasted for about 30 seconds and this is a familiar feeling as I've always had an issue with my equilibrium when coming out of the water - just not usually after 20-30 minutes. But like I said - I haven't been on the bike or in the pool for months so I'm thinking that this is the reason why. We'll see.

More to follow tomorrow.

Guten Abend....