Soooooo, it's been a while since I posted something on here. Last time I was all about the goals that I had set out for myself. The training had been going well. I had been doing about 2 or 3 bricks a week, not pushing my run as fast as I want it to be in the season, but building a base so that when I get outside I can put the hammer down. Then, I remembered that I had that pesky 'Around the Bay' race coming up so I spontaneously ran 20km at a ridiculously slow 6:00 pace with breaks to get me ready. Then, I did the speed work 2 days after. Then, I felt a great deal of pain in my achilles. I have been dealing with a lot of pain in my right leg for almost a year. A lot of my runs have had to be offset by a day of rest (I've never been able to run 2 days in a row without issues). A lot of thoughts went through my head regarding this pain. Tear, partial tear, on the verge of tearing, is my season in jeopardy, wtf is happening, etc. When you get a pain in a region that is notorious for serious/long term pain, it effs with your mind. And that's what happened.
I started physio this week, and it's been great. My physio is an athlete like myself. She's trying to qualify for Boston and wants to do a half ironman this year. I like having people help me that know what I'm dealing with. That's what I like about my chiropractor. She was highly ranked in the Women's Hockey Program (she was a linemate of Cassie Campbell) and knows what it takes to be an athlete at a high level. Now I have a physio who is helping me get healthy and achieve my goals. Moving into the future, I think I'm going to need a team of people like this that are going to help me be the athlete that I want to be.
All that being said, once I get over this little hiccup of the injury, I should be back on track. I'm looking forward to my season. It's all about the speed, but I may end up doing Muskoka 70.3 again because this could be the last year it is run. it's the weekend of Wasaga, meaning I would miss out on an opportunity to podium (a lot of that opportunity was due to the race being run at the same time as Muskoka), but it would be worth it because Tanya would be running it with me, and it would be her first 70.3. Anyways, the training has been going well, despite the current pain/discomfort. My swim pace has increased to under 2:00. My run pace is in the mid 4:30s and should be around 4:20 in the warm weather, and my cycling on the spinner is 3km/h faster than it was last year. The schedule is still the same. I may add the Guelph Lakes I sprint or try-a-tri because it is the club championships and I want to help the Baydogs finish first (I'll probably do the sprint because last year I had a shitty bike and an even worse run...so I want to kick it's ass this year). Hopefully the weather prognosticators are wrong and we don't have 3 more months of cold weather. Last year was soooo nice being able to swim in the lake on Victoria Day weekend!
Anyways, that's it for now. Happy training, and see you in transition!
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