I'm back...in DC

I flew back to DC yesterday.  I walked out of the airport and immediately began to sweat.  Ahh now that's heat.  I was able to run an easy 3 miles on Wednesday after an hour ride without hamstring pain.  I think I've turned the corner on the hamstring injury. I'm going to go for an easy run today in the brutal heat and humidity to see how it feels.  If I can at my normal pace then I'll just keep easing back into it.

I looked at my workout schedule and it shows an hour run on Sunday with my 18 miler next week.  I think that won't be happening but I should be able to put in at least hour run next weekend or if things go super well a 90 minute run.  I'm going to stop all tempo or speed type workouts.  I'll hope that I have enough of that to get me through the race.  I still might try the peak workout in 3 weeks which requires a 90 minute brick run with tempo finish.

I got back into the water this morning after a week off.  I tried to make sure I was pulling water throughout the whole stroke as recommended by Don.  It actually worked although I can definitely feel it.  If you don't get lazy during the stroke you go faster...hard to comprehend I know.  I'm such a slacker.  I swam 45 minutes and a cruise pace.  Nothing earth shattering.  I'm just breaking back in.  I was gone just a week but now the pool at LA Fitness is hot.  Well it's actually like a normal mild temperature.  No more freezing cold water.

Jeff, a fellow IMC PFer, is coming to visit this weekend.  He's in the area for a class down in Yorktown, VA.  He's a super fast swimmer so I was saving something for the weekend swims. He's in for a surprise because the temps are suppose to be mid 90s and a ton of humidity.  He doesn't like the heat so hopefully he'll survive.  I'll show the wonderful pot-hole, cracked, and gauge city streets then the beautiful smooth country roads.

37 days...