Hit the pool in the afternoon and decided to go for 2km. 86 laps later it all looked sweet. I was doing fine cruising along when as I did the final tumble turn to wrap up 87 and push off to start 88 I got a cramp in my right calf. It must have looked hilarious, I pushed off the wall and basically went straight into a ball grabbing at my calf ... it took me a while to realize I had to breathe. I struggled to get my head up while still hold and trying to massage my calf. I slowly worked out the cramp and dragged myself up to finish off 88. The lifeguard was at the block and I thought he had observantly seen i was in distress. No, of course not - he was telling me I was cycling in the lane the wrong way.
Tuesday:
Riding with Colleen. Unfortunately it seems the tyre we fixed on the Sunday ride deflated somewhat since. It was down at 40psi. Stupidly I just pumped it up again, somehow assuming that would make it. It didn't, obviously. So about 4 miles in Colleen was struggling with it going down. So I pumped it up and we went a bit further and then had to turn back. We had to stop twice more on the way home for me to pump it up to keep the rim from hitting the road. I spent the rest of the night fixing the tyre. Ensuring there was nothing in the tyre causing the puncture, checking the the punctures were in different locations on the tubes to double check that it wasn't something in the tyre. Since the punctures were in different location and I couldn't find anything in the tyre that could have cause it - I am going to assume it was either:
- Colleen got another puncture (very unlucky),
- Pinch flat, read about them, never had one before (unlikely, given one hole), or
- Issue with the tube (again unlikely)
So whatever happened - even if it wasn't one of these it was unlucky. So only a slow 10 mile ride.
Wednesday: Part 1 Run
Out for the second run. Everything was tight and I pushed out pretty fast to try and losen up while running (because warming up isn't my speciality). It was another 3.3 mile run a slightly different route to last time. It will be the new "Normal Loop" for the 3.3 mile run. This run, over the 3.3 miles compared to last time I was 2 minutes faster, or about 40 seconds per mile finishing up in 27:06. All in all it felt as good as I can expect. My right quad was a little sore right above the knee i think i might be taking more impact on it as I may be subconsciously favouring it. Or it is just lazy having not been the subject of the PT and is weak. One or the other.
Wednesday: Part 2 Swim
Since I had already run, I was happy to just do a quick "k" (1000m or 0.6 miles), basically double the swim length of the probable first tri (Pam's Law*). It was amazing how tight my shoulders are. I think the running is making them sore as well. I haven't had my shoulders move it that running motion for a long, long time. Did the "k" in 17 minutes. It took me longer to drive there and back.
* Colleen's sister-in-law Pam told me that you need to be comfortable swimming twice the race distance to be ready for the swim leg.
So 4 "exercise events" in 3 days - pretty happy with how the week is progressing.
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