Tracy and Beth...thanks for checking in and for the nice words
First...a weekly training update...
Monday - 20 min elliptical
Tuesday - 5.6 mile run (9:36mpm), ab workout
Wednesday - 30 minutes elliptical, ab workout
Thursday - 5 mile run (8:28mpm), ab workout
Friday - 45 minutes elliptical
Saturday - 20.8 mile bike ride (19.1mph), ab workout
Sunday - 6 mile run (8:37mpm), ab workout
Weekly Totals
Running: 16.6 miles
Biking: 20.8 miles
Elliptical: 95 minutes
Ab Workouts: 5
Lots of stuff at play this week....seems that sometimes things just don't go your way and my week certainly felt like that. My right hamstring was acting up again, so I decided to work out on my off day...doing the elliptical in reverse (as well as forward) to try and give it a better stretch, that seemed to work pretty well, but the rest of the week went quickly downhill from there...
Tuesday I had a very difficult run. It was slower than I'm used to and was just pretty tough overall. It actually had me pretty discouraged and was the first run in a long time that I contemplated taking a break from running for a while once I finished. I guess that's just gonna happen from time to time...and I shrugged it off and knocked out an elliptical workout on Wednesday, followed by a very nice tempo run on Thursday on the treadmill. I was feeling pretty good at that point...so I did a longer elliptical session on Friday, followed by my longest bike ride yet on Saturday morning. Then it was time to crash and burn...
I was cutting the grass on Saturday and while doing the trim work, I proceeded to weed eat my ankle. The little plastic rope thing gashed out 10-12 minor lacerations right above the ankle...turning it purple for a few, but thankfully nothing cut me very deep. I can tell you that the burning sensation after something like that stinks a whole lot. Luckily it did not impact my ability to run on Sunday....
I did cut the long run short due to just being totally out of sync...breathing was off, pace was totally non-consistent...plus I was planning on taking DD to Six Flags for the afternoon. Anyway, long story short is that I spent my afternoon in the Security portion of the theme park after I lost my car keys, drivers license, credit card, season passes and cash....i had them in a bag in my pocket, but they slipped out either on or right after a ride and no one turned them in

So, a nice fun filled day with DD and my father turned into a nightmare...having to secure my car, get security to put a boot on it, retrace steps and fill out tons of reports with each ride op...and now knowing that I have to go get a new ID...new keys made...etc...it was just a very frustrating and disappointing situation.
So...thanks for listening to me gripe and moan for a few. People deal with far worse than what I've dealt with this week, but it's frustrating nonetheless.
Just hoping that this week will be a bit better...
thanks for stopping by.