#tri training

So my plan is 5 to 6 miles this weekend 7 to 8 mi next weekend and then the 15K the weekend after, with at least three other days of running during the week. If the weather stays nice, I'll try to do it outside because of this feels really nice. I also want to add the goals back of getting the steps in everyday pelotoning four times a week, either on the treadmill or just as quick strength or warm up/ cool down stuff. I'm going to keep it for the foreseeable future unless I really stop doing it in which case I'll find it. I need to make more time for me everyday.

My wife saw this guy out in the street while she was walking the dog yesterday. She was very worried that he would get hit by a car so she called me to be the turtle crossing guard.

Managed to get him across the busy road and back into the woods headed for the stream.

Got out and did 32 miles in the hills this morning. Felt exceptionally good today. So very happy about that.

Early in this year of training, I hurt my calf. Just running along, then all of a sudden whoops, my calf is busted. It was a bad pull if not a tear, and it was debilitating and discouraging and basically awful. When you’ve built so much into your training, not just as physical conditioning but also as an emotional and mental therapy, being prevented from doing it is close to nightmare.

Yesterday I went out for a run in the cold rain. I started on hills, which was nothing particularly new. At my turnaround point, I felt something in my upper inner thigh. And it wouldn’t go away. It wasn’t one of those normal running pains that come and go. It was flaring when my thigh went back and when I brought it forward, a sharp kind of pain that felt white and distinct. Before long, I was walking. The first time I’d had to walk since I hurt my calf. I walked for about a mile and then was able to jog home slowly. I knew I couldn’t do my scheduled strength workout though. My first scratched workout in this 12-week plan.

I didn’t pay enough attention to myself when my calf got hurt. That is, I didn’t take note of the process of what happened after. At least not in a way that I internalized as any kind of useful information. If I had, I wouldn’t be so devastated right now. I would have learned something. I would believe in temporary, not permanent things. I would feel the value in rest and recovery, even if it’s forced. I would be okay.

I don’t feel okay.

I was able to swim today, a strength workout of about 2,000 yards total. Just an hour. I did it with a pull buoy so there was very little load on my legs. Still, I felt it when I had to stabilize myself in the water. It was hard to force out of my mind.

In the parking lot, I jogged to the car. Just to see. I felt it. Sore and tight. I wouldn’t make my run feeling how it felt. Another scratch.

It’s not failure. It’s part of the process. It happens. Injury and recovery. Build up and taper. Still.

20 min ride, plus I added a weight circuit after for 10min. Trying not to start too hard.

First impression: it's a little hard to gauge if I'm going as hard or too hard with my bike vs their bike. I'm working off cadence mostly. I think I'll switch back to my 920xt watch bc the screen stays on all the time so it's easier to stay on top of the cadence. Felt good, definitely challenging!

Took advantage of nap time! Look I even did a little T run 😂

Tabata/HIIT is nice because it feels hard and has rapid changes. I like having someone to tell me what to do 😸