My hip(Aug. 22)

Sorry for the late post, but Elena wanted to go out to Chinese food last night so I had no time to post after we got back. It was quite amusing as she paid for her own meal out of her birthday/xmas money. She's been wanting to go eat Chinese for awhile so I said if she wanted to pay for it, we'd go. Mom has her doing chores around the house for $1 a pop which she did the night before we went. Slave labor...

Today I went for my longest run in about oh 5 years. I ran 8.7 miles of hills. It's a typical loop I used to do as part of all my marathon training programs. I just went nice an easy at 7:30 pace. My hip was bugging me for some reason towards the end of the run. It's probably me babying my bum knee and my sore quads from the previous day's ride.

Overall, I was quite happy and 7:30 pace seems real easy so I don't think my marathon goal time is too far off. I started reading the Going Long book by Joe Friel and Gordon Bryn(Gordo). It's a great book so far and I can really feel it's geared perfectly for the training I'm gonna need. What's cool is I believe Gordon is actually racing this weekend up in Canada. Maybe I can get him to sign my book or something if I see him.

Speaking of the trip up to Canada, I'm finishing all the last little pieces so I'm ready. I still have to pack some more stuff. I need to prepare enough nutrition for my 112 mile bike ride on Saturday. I bought a cool seat bottle cage so now my bike can carry 4 bottles. That should be enough to get me through the ride.

The pool has become more crowded each day. It seems more and more people are using it. I might have to start waking up even earlier so I can complete my workout without having to share a lane. It seems Wednesday's are the most crowded. I did however get in 700 yards but I'm still not fast enough or even close. Just keep swimming...swimming