Definitely lame

It appears that the hip is in worse shape than I thought. I took all of last week off and then ran 2.5 miles on Saturday pushing Banjo-- despite taking it slow and limiting the distance, the soreness was there, not bad, but bad under the circumstances. Sunday I felt OK, and feeling somewhat inspired by the olympics, I tried to run 4 miles, but at 2.5 miles into it, I had to start walking because things weren't feeling right. I'm not sure what this means in the long term-- but I'm not going to run in the coming weeks. My patience for this is running low.

I'm assuming I can still bike reasonably well. Logistically, it's more difficult mostly because I can't ride at night. I've been looking at trainers-- devices the turn your bike into a stationary bike. Some hook up to your computer and allow you program workouts, etc. Sheesh, has it really come to this?

Kinda lame

Well, the soreness that was developing in my last post got worse through my recovery week. I was hoping to hit it again this week and log another 25 miles or so, but I'm lacking a clear direction on where to take it. This has happened at least a couple times-- a big chunk of progress followed by a readjustment period. It apparently takes more time these days to realize gains in volume, pace, etc. Two steps forward one step back.

I feel compelled to bike more, but it's hard to find time during the day with a newborn. I got out Sunday during Banjo's nap and rode about 30 miles at 2:00 in the afternoon. It was hot. I froze my water bottles, but ironically, the extra heat didn't melt them fast enough! I got pretty dehydrated. bleh...........