Been one heck of a month! Rather than bore you with the details, here's the brief, picture version:
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| Momentary lack-of-body-awareness leads to a knee-whacking episode while pumping my tire |
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| Running was going GREAT - hills, intervals, long runs, negative splitting, pulling a tire, etc. After one long brick my knee started hurting and I chose to eliminate bikes/runs from training in hopes to still race the next weekend. |
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| Basement flooded since my outdoor water spigot burst...what? I thought we had a mild winter? |
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| Knee feeling better so I go for an easy spin on bike path and....WHAM!! A girl bikes out of the woods (from a restricted area, where bikers are not allowed), doesn't look when crossing the path 10ft in front of me, and I slam into her - went flipping end over end, hit my head, broke my bike, cracked my helmet, and went to the ER to see if everything was ok. Praise GOD she and I were OK... could've been much worse. Cracked fork on both sides... ouch! |
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| Internet goes out for 3 weeks (hence no blog activity) after disconnecting from cable on a trial. Hmmm - maybe not the best decision with the 2012 London Olympics coming up in 2 months... |
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| Knee not recovered after bike wreck, so no running for 3 more weeks (with the exception of the 2x/week 10min test run with my dog Holly) |
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| Trial using the elliptical and water jogging. If I took it easy (which wasn't easy), this was a great way to maintain some sort of running fitness without the pounding. I borrowed an AquaJogger belt from a friend, Jeff Watern. My next purchase from TriSports will be an AquaJogger for myself - I plan to keep this in my regular training routine (and recommend it to anyone to aid in recovery and overall fitness). |
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| MRI last week (most expensive 30 min nap I've ever taken) verifies no structural damage (again, praise God) and only fluid around my knee. |
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| Bought new Brooks PureFlow from Up and Running - making sure I am running on shoes with adequate tread and cushion will make sure my knee continues to recover. Icing and compression is key in this process too!! (110%Play Harder) |
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| After 4 wks off running, I'm slowly beginning to run again. Started with 2 miles and am trying to listen to the advice I give everyone: take it easy and build back into it gradually. |
So what's next?? Kansas 70.3 is looming over my head next weekend. Do I go, knowing the flight is already bought and only do the swim/bike portion? The intensity of a 70.3 is a lot... I'll have to think about this one. Want to recover SMART. There's no use jumping back in too early and setting myself back... But do I give it a try? We'll see...
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