back on the bike

...and damn, does it feel good. got outside this afternoon for the first time in a long while. rode to the W&OD, then followed it out to the outskirts of leesburg. good riding, great day, lots of sun. 47 mi round trip.

getting out and riding long--for this stage, anyway--gives me huge motivation. and after being off my game the last couple of weeks, that feels great (also, this single workout managed to rescue my week from mediocrity on the time/points front). with the marathon approaching, I'll probably shift some of my running workouts to cycling. I know, run-specific training is better, but I need my knees to make it to (and past) the marathon fully functional. hopefully this will work well enough that I can get back on track with the rest of my scheduledlong runs.

okay, time to go eat lots of pasta/tuna/cheese. banana and a muffin for dessert :)

the not-so-log run

went out for a run today. discovered that things work all right if I pull a little to the left. did 6 miles (0:56), figured I'd not push my luck. of course, I was supposed to do 15 according to the plan, but I'll take what I can get at this point.

good swim

2700, with a fast 5x100 in the middle. leaving on the 2:00, but coming in on the 1:30-1:35. last one was 1:27 or 1:28. and a set of 5x50 on the 0:55 on either side of the 100s for good measure.

another week

well, I'm still recovering. been stretching a lot, doing few workouts. my total for the week so far is 1 swim (2800) and 1 run (3.5 mi). I'll swim tomorrow and then hopefully ride with Loren on sunday.

last weekend I played in the winter league tournament, which was probably not the smartest thing to do, but I had committed to it. my knee was fine for the first two games, then after a couple points in the third game it told me to stop, so I did. no long run again--I need to get back on track there.

I think I'm going to drop one run per week in order to keep my knee healthy up to the marathon--really focus on the long runs and swim a lot. it's getting warm enough and light early enough to start riding more, so this is sort of pre-emptively shifting me away from a run-focused training schedule. unfortunately, it's happening before the marathon, but perhaps it will work out for the best.