Triathlon Thursday

SWIM: 80 min 3600y swim, 8x250 descending 1-->4 and 5-->8
BIKE: 90 min ride in FP with the new group, about 23 miles
RUN: 34 min brick run in FP, 4 miles

Wow!! Glad I had Friday off to recover!

This is a catch-up post...so I will sadly miss some of the highlights I would have like to remembered.

With my long run on Weds, Thursday suddenly took on a new schedule. This worked for me and felt good probably only because I had Friday off. And with Thursday being the group ride night this summer, it could work for me. But I really miss the Thursday run and the benefits of it.

The brick run was maybe my best run all year, it was at least the best I've had in the last month (haha, considering how little I've run in the last month...). I felt my body weight forward on my feet, I felt light, strong, and like I could go forever :)  I had a nice 8:20 pace in the last 2 miles.

Injury transition--no pain during this week on either joint, excepting some fatigue-pain in the ankle from the long run Weds. I expected that, so I'm not counting that as injury-pain but rather recovery-pain.

Also Dr M today for the ankle/knee. I had some doubts about going, was it a waste of time? My knee wasn't hurting right now...? But it was good to go. He agrees that my sudden indoor bike habit was behind the knee issues, but also pointed out that the bike should be fit for the trainer. As much sense as this made to me, why didn't I know this?!? He explained that laying down further, getting sloppy, and changing my position irritated the pes anserinus (a birds-foot shaped tendon in the medial knee connecting hammy to tibia) was inflamed and could become a more chronic issue if not treated. So tomorrow I come back for more tape by Dr H.

I also learned today that he's done IMCDA!