But I've gotten a lot done...
Over the past month I've gotten consistent on the swim and bike, put in some quality miles on the run and have stayed healthy.
Number one thing that I'm happy about is that my elbow is much better than it had been. I have been swimming a bit easier giving it some time to heal up and am finally able to use paddles again, in fact I think using the paddles (gently) has helped me strengthen it up.
During the FAST swim meet I was helping with the timing system when a friend of mine, Jeff Kong from Tri-Covery Massage looked at my elbow and offered to work on it. I'm a little skeptical when it comes to massage but I've heard nothing but good things about him so I decided to take him up on his offer. He found a little spongy mass that he worked out and asked me to ice it 3 times a day for the next several days. It hurt like heck while he was working on it and did so for another day but after that it got much better very quickly. I feel because of that I was able to heal up a little quicker.
So swimming is just starting to come back around. I wanted to be deeper into training with it but have only been in the pool 3 to 4 times a week for 2000 to 3000 average per workout.
I took a trip to Helen Georgia last weekend and got some quality riding done. It was a last minute decision and I'm glad I did it. I rode Saturday, Sunday and Monday with around 40 miles each day. Up and down the mountains for 2.5 to 3 hours each ride. I was still a little sore yesterday but am feeling much better today.
Running has been going really well too. I've been averaging ~42 miles per week while following Daniels Marathon A program. I seem to be in a section with a lot of marathon pacing in it right now which will probably be very close to my half IM race pace. The beginning of this week has been a bust for running because of the recovery from last weekend but I had planned that into my schedule and will continue on with Week 15 of the program.
So now with about 5 weeks to go until the HFP camp in Helen GA I know I have a lot of riding to do so I can be prepared for it. After that it's going to be prep for Triple T in May and then prep for USAT Nationals in August.
Over the past month I've gotten consistent on the swim and bike, put in some quality miles on the run and have stayed healthy.
Number one thing that I'm happy about is that my elbow is much better than it had been. I have been swimming a bit easier giving it some time to heal up and am finally able to use paddles again, in fact I think using the paddles (gently) has helped me strengthen it up.
During the FAST swim meet I was helping with the timing system when a friend of mine, Jeff Kong from Tri-Covery Massage looked at my elbow and offered to work on it. I'm a little skeptical when it comes to massage but I've heard nothing but good things about him so I decided to take him up on his offer. He found a little spongy mass that he worked out and asked me to ice it 3 times a day for the next several days. It hurt like heck while he was working on it and did so for another day but after that it got much better very quickly. I feel because of that I was able to heal up a little quicker.
So swimming is just starting to come back around. I wanted to be deeper into training with it but have only been in the pool 3 to 4 times a week for 2000 to 3000 average per workout.
I took a trip to Helen Georgia last weekend and got some quality riding done. It was a last minute decision and I'm glad I did it. I rode Saturday, Sunday and Monday with around 40 miles each day. Up and down the mountains for 2.5 to 3 hours each ride. I was still a little sore yesterday but am feeling much better today.
Running has been going really well too. I've been averaging ~42 miles per week while following Daniels Marathon A program. I seem to be in a section with a lot of marathon pacing in it right now which will probably be very close to my half IM race pace. The beginning of this week has been a bust for running because of the recovery from last weekend but I had planned that into my schedule and will continue on with Week 15 of the program.
So now with about 5 weeks to go until the HFP camp in Helen GA I know I have a lot of riding to do so I can be prepared for it. After that it's going to be prep for Triple T in May and then prep for USAT Nationals in August.
