Day 135: Speed work today on the Comet trail was lonely since it was only me today. I am not sure if I can really even call it speed work either. From the storms last night the trail was pretty trashed. For those of you that don't know the Silver Comet Trail it is a nice trail shaded by tons and tons of trees. So that means when it storms or rains the trail gets trashed. After riding 7 miles out on the trail and dodging branches and sticks, I finally had enough and turned around and headed back. After the ride I did put on my new ugly (and I mean ugly) shoes and did a fast 2 mile brick. I am loving the way the shoes feel but boy I hate the way they look. With that said I did get a little training in, but I can't be having days like this this late in the game.
Day 136: Today I had an amazing ride up in Cartersville!!! Feeling really strong and I averaged 18.6!!! I wonder if I can keep that up for 112 miles. LOL I was feeling very strong through out the whole ride and there were parts of the ride I was even getting up to speed I have never done before. After the ride it was over to Red Top to go swim. I didn't get to swim as far as I wanted to, because it was my turn to provided the food so I had to get finish and set it up. Even though it was a short swim I was still feeling strong after that bike ride which is good. If I am feeling strong in a swim after a bike ride I should really feel good if it is the first thing I have to do at Ironman!
Day 137: Speed work on the track today with Jim!! I was looking forward to it all day and I am so glad I am able to join them now since they moved it to Thursday. It is always easier to train when you have people to endure the pain with you. =) And boy did I endure some pain today, but not in a good way. After a mile warm up we starting to get ready to do some speed work and as I took off for our first set of sprints I just felt sharp pain down both of my quadriceps. The pain was so bad that it started to make me dizzy and light headed. I felt like I was going to pass out. All I could is sit. After a while about 5 minutes of sitting I got up and tried to jog, but I still couldn't. Even the pressure of just standing or sitting with my knees bent I was in so much pain. So I sat down again with my legs straight out and just tried to rub it out. Even to the touch I just wanted to cry and i had no idea what happened. Finally later on tonight the pain started to subside and I can walk normal for the most part, but still in a little pain. Not sure if my muscles just spazed out or maybe dehydrated. I just hope that I am ready for my ride on Saturday. It is still pain full to the touch and like I said still hurts a little to walk but hopefully with some rest tonight it feel better. Also on that note I was hoping to go for an open water swim but not sure if that will be happening. I just hope this doesn't effect my training for this weekend. This is the first injury so far in my training and I just don't want it to effect my training. I am feeling strong and ready and this is the last thing I need.
Day 138: Today I woke up with my right leg still hurting. Limping a little today I think it is loosing a little. Over all my quads are still tight feeling and I am trying to massage them out. I really wanted to go swimming today since I am not working the mid shift today, but I figured rest was more important. I am still going to try to go out on my 115 mile ride tomorrow and run on Sunday but if I am in a lot of pain I will hang the training up for the weekend. I did manage to schedule an appointment with Kelly my massage lady for Tuesday. So if anything I hope Tuesday I will figure something out. I know she won't be happy about me training on it, but I just feel that I have to try. I am going to try being smart though ;) So until tomorrow I'm going to continue to rest my quads.
"In sport, pain and suffering are choices, and anyone who complains about their choices need to change their choices. Yes, training hurts, but it beats not training."
- Leadman Triathlon champ Angela Naeth
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