Battle of Wills. You talkin' to me?!

RUN 4.4 miles in about 42 mins, out of ....oh I dunno
BIKE COMMUTE a whole 1.3 miles
PT with JH

Messed up morning due to waves of t-storms and rain. First off, BE suggested the great idea of rescheduling our Yasso 800s to tomorrow. That left me free to swim, or ride the trainer. I biked yesterday, so figured the pool would be the  next best bet. But the storms meant a pool closure. Seeing a break in the storms coming up, I decided to walk the doggie then drive to the pool to find out.

Got to the pool, and found it closed for "maintenance". ARG. Luckily I brought my running shoes and jumped on a treadmill over looking the pool. 55 mins total walk/run with 4x 10' intervals. I held pace around 9:30 and felt good with it. I don't like the treadmill, but it can serve its purpose when needed.

Off to JH, where in response to my usual "what's news" he told a story of a Battle of Wills with a college Lacrosse student home for the summer, recovering from shin splints. Long (and well told) story short, she would keep asking 'can I do this run?' 'can I play this pick-up game', why or why not, questioning, etc. Apparently between JH and Dr L, it was the same game. She wanted to go-go but the advice from both was no-go yet.

The point of the story to me, and what JH explained, was that Yes you could run but you'll just stay injured. Yes you could run but then don't come back to us upset about it. And No, I'm not mad at you for running, I'm not mad that you're re-injured, but I'm disappointed that you didn't take my advice.

As this story unfolded, I could see ME in place of her in the story, and I wondered about that. Seriously, the things she asked and wanted were just like what I wanted. But I don't think I question them as a challenge, I just want to understand the why or why not.

So as the workout progressed, I asked if after running today I could do Yasso 800s with BE tomorrow. LOL, NO. And I 'casually' mentioned the Ballwin Triathlon Double option and once I mentioned the 3.6 mile run twice I didn't even need to hear the NO. I could feel it in the look he gave me, LOL.  Love it.

New exercises! Medicine ball chest throws (with the yellow and black bee ball, no less!) and these almost-handstand yoga ball things that left my upper back fatigued the rest of the day. Ooof, he said that would be my new favorite. He's probably right. Again. :)