10 in 65

No blogging has taken place here in the last few months... I'm betting the 1000's of readers are wondering what is going on.... Well... let me provide an update. While not all my blogging revolves around sport, it is a big BIG part of who I am. It's been a period of frustration due to the initial injury not getting better, and actually developing other aches and pains along the way.  Hence, there has been very little motivation to type my thoughts out into the eenternet.

I have been suffering high-hamstring tendonosis since mid February. A real pain in the butt, quite literally. After couple months of PT, I was given the green light to resume training, knowing that, while the tendon healed, I would find myself modifying my bike cadence (slower) and run gait (shorter) to manage the pain. That was fine, as I was back to 'training', and that is all that mattered. Or so I thought- the modified mechanics led to Achilles' tendonitis, at the insertion point with the foot of the affected leg. Every pedal stroke hurt, never mind running, since I could barely walk. Sigh.... I got past that after a few more weeks, and b/c the hamstring tendon issue wasn't really progressing,  I recently had an MRI to check for actual damage to the tendon. It showed more inflammation at the insertion point in my hip than big substantial tears, so that is good news. I discussed a few options with my Sports Med guy going forward, and we concluded injections would probably not be the way to go, to stick with active rehab exercises. So.. I'm back to biking and running, sort of. I need to keep an eye on intensity, as the pain management becomes tricky at a high effort. I wouldn't say I'm back to training, as I don't really know what I'm training for until I am able to get past this. I was planning on doing Boise 70.3, followed by Rev3 in Portland and Lake Stevens 70.3, then put all the chips into Ironman Canada. I may need to accept that getting into shape to race triathlons this year may be over. Not there just yet.... 

In the meantime, I have spent the weekends helping out with the backyard work (it's starting to look nice!) and doing other things I've put aside for a long time. The trip we had to my homeland, in the middle of all the multiple injuries, was really REALLY good. We had a lot of fun. I should put some pictures up...

Oh yeah, the title of the post- last week I ran 10miles in 65minutes. It was fine, felt just a little harder than it should have been, but not terribly hard. I have not run that long in I don't know how long. It gives me some hope, as it shows a semblance of the fitness that is still somewhere in there.