A2 visit followed by a swing through home

 Friday BIKE 20 miles in TGP

Sunday RUN 8 miles in 1:27

Tuesday RUN 4 miles in 40:43

Wednesday (today) BIKE 20 miles in TGP and COMMUTE 9.2 miles

I'd had in my head the past few weeks that this September 14th was going to be my blog 10 year anniversary. But when I mentioned this to LA, he pointed out that *last year* was 10 years. Oops. I'd had this big idea to sign up for H100 on the 14th or so, whatever the 10 year IMWI anniversary would have been. Then I realized that wasn't the best reason to sign up for a 100. Then LA's correction. So needless to say, I'm not signed up. Yet. 

Last night I had a terrible time (again!) falling asleep and one (of many) reasons was the pain both feet. Especially the right. The dorsal connectives ached and hurt, and when I walked the plantar surface hurt. Yesterday morning before the run my right calf cramped before I got out of bed. It didn't hurt during the run, but there's still some tightness. There's also a niggle in my hips, a fatigue-ish niggle. All these little things add up to Doubt - Doubt about whether I should sign up for this run. I always pay attention to the signs and omens. Do I look for them? Do they appear to me? I dunno, but my general rule is when there are 3 (Missed 10 year, emotional, niggles) I start to wonder. 

So I wait for a few days on the H100. And on the Virtual MO Cowbell 13.1/26.2 registration. Wait to see how the Thursday run goes at least. 

The 8-miler was in A2 - goals were high cadence, low HR, and finish the longest run in over a year. But my chest HRM failed somehow and didn't connect. Ugh. All else great, unremarkable, maybe this is the source of the hip niggle? This was a late morning run, while LA studied for his exam. 

The 4-miler WasGonna be a 3.5 miler but I extended it. This was a later-in-the-morning run too, and I kinda thought my energy was weak. But after some walking (saw JessG at the start, she was driving by!) I felt good enough to make it a driveways fartlek run. The Garmin recorded two records for me: Fastest 5K at I think 30:46 and Fastest 1 mile at 9:26 m/m. A quick look shows some intervals close to 8 m/m, and a great ave cadence of 170 - good!

The ride today was my missed Monday ride. Also the pool was already booked-up for today. Nothing remarkable about the ride, I was paying attention to my ankles (tight but OK) and my left foot hitting the pedal (ugh, bad habit). The intervals were 18:00, 17:44, and 18:03. Felt weak by the end, but I was barely moving. 

Swim and run tomorrow, then LA might be here! Thankfully it's a rest week - only a 3..5 miler this weekend.

NUMERICS: 5.5 hours

SWIM 700y

BIKE 20 miles (missed ride due to Labor Day)

RUN 18.5 miles 

COMMUTE 23.2 miles