9 Months to Tri

Wow, has it really been 19 days since I’ve updated? Its possible. With summer here, activity has increased exponentially in all aspects of my life; Work, home, play.

Anyway, some highlights are in order…

Physical Therapy is officially over, but the clicking in my left knee continues. I might have this looked at again going into next fall. After today’s bike ride, my knee not only made noise, but the clicking just ‘felt’ stronger, more physical, than it has in the recent past.

My last two Weigh-ins were less than optimal. 267 lbs for two weeks ago, and 266 lbs for last week. Though, last week, after my 4.3 mile run, I only weighed in at 262 lbs. That’s 4 lbs of water in one run, folks. Anyway, my 8-month weigh-in is tomorrow. On the one hand, I can’t believe I’ve been at it this long. On the other hand, sometimes it feels like I’ve been at it for an eternity.

I’ve also had a couple of ’stupid’ days. I showed up at the gym 2 weeks ago with my sneakers and 2 shirts (I had grabbed the second shirt thinking it was a pair of shorts), forgetting my socks and underwear, and eventually realizing I didn’t even have a pair of shorts. I also had a couple of days where my work schedule rearranged on the fly and the workouts disintegrated. My available time for actually working out feels somewhat more limited as well. I can’t think of the last time I’ve gotten in all 3 rounds of a weight-training workout. For the last several weeks, I’ve had to be content with only 2 sets.

The weather is nice, and I’ve officially broken out my bike. In fact, I took my wife and kid on a ‘family ride’ around the West Hartford reservoir this evening. Here’s a ‘rough’ map of the course we took.

Or, if you’re in the area, you can find a good map on the official page here:
http://www.themdc.com/talcottmountain.htm

Happily, outdoor running has continued as well, and last week I got my running distance up to 4.3 miles. However, because of my knee, I’ve limited my runs to once per week. Scot Little made the suggestion that because of my knee, perhaps I’d be better off doing two 2-mile runs in a week rather than one 4 mile run. His reasoning was that I would still be doing the same mileage (and same wear and tear), but would get my body conditioned to running more often. I like that suggestion, and I may use it. In this case, I’d probably do a 2 mile run, then 20 minutes on the stationary bike. Or perhaps vice/versa and try to mimic the feel of a tri. I’ll have to see about mapping a new 2 mile route. Maybe once a week at work, and another on Saturday or Sunday at home.

It also sounds like a good idea since I’m finding it harder to work out indoors in the summer weather. In fact, I’d rather go have lunch on a veranda or patio somewhere than go into the gym. I made that decision twice in the past 3 weeks.

Finally, I’m hoping to get the bike more into the schedule and ride to and from work once or twice a week for a cardio workout. I think its only 7 miles one way. Then I can sit down and enjoy a nice lunch in the sun on those days.

More later. Maybe I can even write up the results from the 8 month weigh-in tomorrow.

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