Last Scheduled Race

It's only 6 days away and then I can eat, drink and slack the rest of the summer away while I read about people ramping up for their Ironman's this year. Excellent! Plus it's just an Olympic so it won't be that bad. I'll actually get to test my wetsuit removal by myself for the first time. I'm not very confident I can get it off my calves and feet fast. We will see. Lots of body glide hopefully will help.

I gave the HED 6 and 9 a test ride today. Definitely interesting, it takes a bit to get them going but once you do boy they feel fast. I found out that my squeak while climbing is the other wheels and to think I thought my headset was wearing out. I also found out that the HEDs have a wider rim 23 mm than my training wheels as I've had to adjust my brakes and they're still not perfect. I'll ride a few more times this week to get it all dialed in for Sunday's race.

After the ride, I gave the hamstring a little easy run to see how it's feeling. It's okay but slightly twingy towards the end. I was just going real easy. I figure some more ice and rest and it will also be ready. I'm not sure if I can go sub 6s for the entire 10k but I'll definitely try hard to go fast.

After Sunday, I will proceed to eat chips, drink beer and caffeinated drinks and basically just get fat. I'll probably take numerous weeks off from running to see if I can get my knee to heal as it still hurts. Actually, it hurts all the time now. I'm worried because the PT person said I might be damaging cartilage because of the constant inflammation. Uh-oh! I miss running without pain.

Oh I need a new name for the blog soon...the statute of limitations is close to running out on my Ironman of 2008 bragging. It seems everyone I knew that did an Ironman last year is doing one again this year. Crazy suckers!! Last summer's training seems like forever ago. It was all a haze. I have go back to my log just see the fun I wasn't having last year.