Quietly Optimistic

Another week has come and gone and I'm proud to say that I got 5 days of workouts in. Didn't get much shopping done but my house is clean. So two out of three isn't bad.

Did things a little different this weekend. Sat I decided to do a 20 mile bike on the trainer. That trainer is now named the beast. I swear it is so much more difficult to ride on a trainer than on the open roads. I average about a comfortable 17mph on the bike outside and a hard slow pace of 14-15mph on the trainer. I am not looking forward to the 50 mile bike rides I will have to get in before the weather gets warm enough for me to take it outside. 50 Miles on a trainer will take from lunch to dinner time. All I can hope for is that when I do take it back outside it will seem like a breeze. I had planned on running after the bike for a few miles but changed my mind instead. My body was telling me enough save it for tomorrow.

So yesterday I quietly planned a long run. It's been awhile since I have done one. I think the last one was over a month ago and it was 7 miles. Funny I call that long now. It wasn't all that long ago that 7 miles would be just an easy day when I was training for the marathon. I wanted to see if my leg could handle the run and if I felt any improvements in it during the run and after. Well I'm happy to report that I ran 10 miles at a comfortable pace of 9:40 with the last mile at 8:34. My heart rate stayed in check. Never reaching 150 until mile 7. I could feel my shin pain however I have to say at times I forgot that my leg hurt. That is a huge milestone. Wait until I tell the PT today she'll be ecstatic after she yells at me for running 10 miles. I iced right after I was done in hopes to keep the pain that I knew would hit later in the day at bay. By the evening my leg started to ache. But it was more in the hip and groin area than the shin. I have had issues with that area for over a year now but choose to ignore it. My shin hurt but again not as much as I would have thought. I got my nightly massage and ice to the shin and it was off to bed. This morning it's more sore than before I ran yesterday but no sharp pains of any sort. Maybe there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I may be seeing it soon.

This week more of the same routine. I'm waiting for the cable guy to get here this morning so I can enjoy my bike trainer rides a little more. Our CC isn't working properly and it double letters and adds a few extra as the words go across the screen. Has to do with new digital boxes we had to put on. I need the TV to work so I can read it and listen to music on my ipod at the same time. Now that is multitasking. Riding a bike, listening to music, watching TV and reading it. If only I could figure out how to get the laundry done and the house cleaned at the same time.