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Tues: BIKE: 1.25hr about 22 miles
Weds: BIKE: 1hr about 16 miles, then 15 mins strength
Thurs: RUN: 2/25hr 14.4 miles

Well once again the dog is sick. And as before it's enough to tip the balance and set me off schedule, this time both time-wise and emotionally. The coughing started again Monday night, and here we are on Friday.

The bike rides are boring, I think I need to pull out a DVD. I'm also thinking about decorating the Pain Cave with some Las Vegas decor, some inspiration and reminders that I'm not just sitting there to be sitting there. And some SavageMan Hills picts!! If that don't scare ya into building strength, then nothing will.

The Weds run got moved to Thurs. It was supposed to be 15.5 miles. At first I thought I'd reverse the runs, but by the time Weds afternoon rolled around the only energy I had was wasted on the bike. An afternoon rum is usually awful for me anyway, and besides I would be putting both runs within 12hrs of each other.

Thurs morning rolled around, and I decided that awful as I felt, 15.5 was do-able. Then I'd just do 6.2 Friday, shifting the sessions by one day. This isn't a bad idea, as the schedule needs to shift to weekends anyway. I had company for the first 10 miles and that part of the run went great. I was distracted. But as soon as I struck out alone it all fell apart. The bottoms of my feet were hurting. My legs were tired. Then I started crying a little again. Not tearing, but choking up in the back of my throat. I decided to just head back to the parking lot, whatever the mileage ended up being.

When I reached 14.4, I was done. I knew I needed to walk (need to thank BBJM for that lesson!) a few minutes afterwards, so when the clock hit 2:15 I just stopped. And walked. I hurt. My legs were sore as if it was the first 15 miler of the season. This soreness and fatigue continued the rest of the day.

In retrospect, I can find a few potential sources of problems. My feet were hurting, so maybe I altered my stride a bit: New shoes. When I'm stressed, I don't drink much water: drink more water. I haven't been stretching much, although to have stretching be a problem at this point of the training is odd: try a little more stretching. I've been riding the tri bike more, it has a different fit: adapt slowly to that bike.

We'll see if the run gets in today. It might help to rest?