BIKE 25 miles in 1:32, 4x TGP ride solo: 16:27, 16:25, 16:33; 15:41
COMMUTE 4.4 miles, 2x out n back to FoPa parking
I miss my usual Wednesday run. I was thinking last night while waiting for the green at Vande and TGP that Wednesday were my run commute day. I feel so far from doing that again right now.
The training plan probably calls for 12 miles today, I don't even look at it anymore. I'm pathetic! LOL.
But I can ride! So out the door right after 6am for some TGP fun. Thought maybe I'd do 4 intervals, see how it goes. This was much different than Monday's rainy, post-festival ride with BE. Sun came up soon enough and lit up a pretty and calm morning perfect for a ride.
I was happy to see 16:27 after the first, that was a great time. Then #2 and #3 weren't much of an improvement so off for #4. This interval started out fast, my peak speed was 25.2 right after the start. And Fear Inoculum was playing now, I was half way through the song which is 10:22, and reset to play it over once it finished, and I set the goal of finishing the loop before the song was over. Almost made it, made the last turn towards the gate as it ended.
HR averages were: 139, 141, 140, 153.
Max speeds were: 23.1, 23.0, 23.1, 25.2 but these were just quick peaks, not very sustained.
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Last night I put in the plants from SO, put the petunias near the hummingbird feeder, the perennials in an open area by the hedge, and the orange butterfly plants out front. All the while enjoying my new musics. I was late in getting to the planting, got sidetracked by a Blerch and rice (ugh) and then by a caterpillar who looked like he wanted to hang in a J near the top of the glass jar. But he (she?) (it?) kept circling back on the webby-butt-net it was going to hang from. I thought I could see the green chyrsalis around the shoulders! Circle, dinner, circle, rice, circle, then POP it let go and hung in J!! But the yellow color was faded and it looked almost gray. So worry and wait.
Then next morning (today) no changes, except the antennae were sagging. Worry and wait. Then while I was packing up to leave I left the room a few mins and CHRYSALIS!! YAYAYAYAYAYAYA my first. I have another cat that looks ready to crystalize (as SO puts it, I kinda like that better) next, and a 3rd one that I found on a neighbors hedgerow eating ivy that a few days away. Success. Finally!
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Off-schedule day due to the MRI at noon-thirty. Missed lunch with TV, had to drive in, couldn't really get much done with experiments at work. The radiologist who did the fluoro-guided dye injection introduced himself and said "so you are a runner? you run a lot?" LOL. Then during the injection talked about running apps and triathlon and local trails. Yay! He was able to confirm that this MRI could also evaluate the soft tissues like the abs and adductors, as well as bone for a stress fracture. I'd been having doubts that I needed this procedure if it was just to look for a labrum tear with via the dye. Cuz at the cost of $350...
I enjoyed the MRI, it's like a forced meditation. No music, and I almost wish I could stay longer.
Unfortunately, after the procedure there was definitely a feeling of impingement in the hip joint, and not located where I was feeling the other pains. Ooooh I really hope this is just pressure from having the dye injected, they said I might be able to feel some pressure or heaviness.
Yesterday and today at work been listening to Schism, aka the Tetris Song, I know the pieces fit song, and then as I drove out of the MRI facility it came on again. Wonder how many Tool songs I've heard on the radio, but didn't know it was Tool?
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Downloaded The Humbling River yesterday, it sums up a lot for me right now. "Braved the forests, braved the stone, braved the icy winds and fire; Braved and beat them on my own, yet I'm helpless by the river". I went through so much the past few years, and this past year of mental pain and doubt. All that I've done, all the coping habits I've beaten back, all the fears I've face, and yet here I am still unable to hit some goals -- the 100 miler, a few remaining habits, the self doubt and certain loathings. Why can't I cross this river?
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