No blistering heat!

What a great day for a bike ride! 66F and cloudy at lunch time. I can take a long lunch and get the bike in! That's unheard of at this time of year. So 30 miles at 16mph. I was getting stronger and faster but its a bit of a hiatus at the moment from that. The knee isn't doing great and the thigh is compensating so its quite tired. I cant decide if I just get used to this or I did mess myself up. Its in Shakin' Stevens mode, four steps forward and the knee collapses. It kind of looks like I'm drunk.

Also I'm slipping gears again. The chain looks good so I'm off to the bike shop at opening time. Hopefully they can look at it.

One thing I was thinking about was the early days when I was cycling half the distance and all that went through my mind was "Bollox to this". That feeling is long gone which feels good by itself. I'm trying to decide how to add sprints in without dropping time. I know its train smarter not harder but a 1 hour cycle is a lot less calories than a two hour cycle. Its a hard balance between train smart and lose weight.

Awesome!

One of my Sons favourite words is awesome. That describes my ride. The high today was 80 and I got out while it was 60. T-Shirt and Shorts, Marvellous. I cycled 16 miles faster than I have all year and it was very enjoyable. I think my all weather jacket restricts my breathing a bit and acts like a sail slowing me down. Excellent training aid then!

4 beers at 5 with a friend and then soccer at 9.20. The soccer went ok but I felt ill all night after the beer. Time to cut back.

Knee seemed fine.

Rest week, Yay!

OK so the mood today is tired, really tired. I had to work late last night, till 1am. It really upset my training, this work thing is getting out of control.

Run: 2.5 Miles went well but was hard. I ran at a 12 minute mile pace to rest. Movie was Mission impossible, good move. A bit slow on the action.

My knee was a bit off today. That's the first time in a week!

My mood after the run was bad. I felt down and tired. This is a symptom of over training so I skipped swimming tonight and went to bed early.

I'm well chuffed with my "long" run today. I got in 2.5 miles and walked for another 10 minutes up hill. I was planning on going till 60 minutes but a twinge in my hamstring and concerns on my knee stopped that. Its a fine line between training and over training.

Swim went well. After approximately 8 months off due to various injuries I pulled out my Target of 60 laps (1500yds). I'm well Chuffed with that.

Knee status - still swollen and the back of the knee has been giving me pressure pain. I was rubbing it this morning and found a lump. Doh! After the run the swelling was down slightly and no egg on the back of my knee. Not playing soccer on Friday night was the right decision. During the swim it started to stiffen until I stopped pushing off with that leg.

Nutrition Status: I took a Myoplex lite chocolate shake 30 minutes before the run and swim. That helped. I spoke to a Friend yesterday and he said that not drinking enough plain water really effected his performance. I have been drinking more water again and I think that helped too.

Overall a successful day. Hopefully I can get some momentum from this.

I decided today to get a new Photo. It will be after the Mini Haha if I get in. K needs to be in the picture as this whole thing needs to be a Team effort.