back in stride

For the past couple of years my training has been very consistent

Especially on the weekends.  Barring races (which do get in the way of training) a long ride on Saturday and a long run on Sunday were almost automatic.

Well…  after a Marathon in February and an injury in early March…  automatic things were not.

This weekend hopefully was the first of a new streak of consistency and volume…  I’ve missed it and my fitness has missed it too.

Judi had a conference to attend Fri nite and Saturday so I had to go on without her.  I took the kids to a carnival Friday night and while the rode the rides I perused the rummage sale they have there…  and scored (amongst a bunch of non-tri related gear) a pair of Pearl Isumi leg warmers (brand new) for $2.

On Saturday I rode with a bunch of folks from our tri club I’d never ridden with before…  nice and consistent 20-22 mph for the first couple of hours…  then took turns throwing a few digs in.  All in all a good time a little over 3 hours in the saddle and 72 miles.



On Sunday we did not get up and do a long run…  we ran home from the beach instead.  7 miles…  most of it into a heckacious headwind…  knee held up okay…  it did not like running down the Beach Blvd bridge, however.



The wind was out of the Southwest



This morning was a nice 4 mile run…  ~8:30 pace…  felt good to be quick.

Back to masters swim tonight too…  we’ll see how much my stroke has suffered.