I am extremely busy. Ten hour days at work, working while I snack and eat lunch, handling all the little problems that come with starting up a lab, little things that combine into an avalanche of circus acts and stress. Even now, I have a yard that is way past mowing, shrubs that look like chia pets on steroids, and a deck that is maybe half way painted. (What am I doing blogging then?? Well I haven’t…)
Knee. Went to Dr. Yenni, an orthopedic specialist who I saw from my hip/pelvis last December, and he diagnosed patella tendonitis. He gave me a small knee brace to wear under my knee cap, and a prescription for anti-inflammatories. I have been cycling, swimming, and wearing the brace and I can tell the tendonitis is healing. The spot that hurt (and apparently was causing inflammation under the knee cap – not convinced the are related, but I’m just the athlete) below the knee cap is far less tender when I find and push on it.
My Ironman training plan started two weeks ago, and I haven’t committed to it. I’m not sure if I have the knee for it, nor the time. Right now, the plan is doable and I have been following it loosely. But September and October will be full of training. Right now, it just may be too much to handle.
The game plan, in my mind, is to just follow it because I like having something of a plan. I need something written and structured. Whether or not I will increase my hours/mileage when it increases, well, I will decide that later. I may just do the Beach2Battleship half-Ironman, or there is another one in Washington NC in late October. Either way, I do want to do a fall race.
Cheers for now.
