It's been 10 days since my last post - where does the time go? I've got lots of info to pass on so I'll try to keep it brief - try being the operative word. Anyone who knows me, or has even read some of my previous posts knows that me and "brief" are virtually complete strangers.
- Monday April 28th - took the bus out to Saanichton to go for a leisurely bike ride with my daughter. It was such a nice day when I left Victoria - it started raining by the time my daughter and I left her house to bike to Sidney. We made it there without getting too wet, then bused back to her house. I decided to ride home - 23 of the most miserable biking kilometers I care to recall. It was raining, cold, windy, and I was seriously under dressed for the conditions (not to mention still sore and supposedly recovering from the TC 10K race the day before!) All in all, not a stellar day, nor a stellar workout.
- Tuesday April 29th - in the interest of recovery, I went for a very easy 500m swim, then paid a visit to Elements of Health Centre for some much-needed massage therapy. Asta Kovenan is a Registered Massage Therapist, and a recent addition to their staff. She spent about an hour working on my legs, and helped me find all the sore spots that I didn't know were there! I only just started working with Asta, and I plan on continuing to have treatments with her on a regular basis.
- Wednesday April 30th - easy recovery-paced run, about 7 km's at about 4'42" per km.
- Thursday May 1st - rest day (from running), but ended up working overtime - loooong day on the bus!
- Friday May 2nd - unplanned rest day - too tired to work out.
- Saturday May 3rd - back at it - 14 km in just over an hour, last 2 km's in 4'12" and 4'02" for a nice strong finish.
- Sunday May 4th - decided to do a dry run of the Oak Bay "KOOL" 1/2 Marathon course (for a course map, click here). My original plan was to run the course in around 1 hr 40 min, just to check it out, and not to try anything too hard. I ended up completing the route in just over 90 minutes instead - something closer to marathon race pace! *sigh* Apparently, I have problems taking it easy - in my defense, Sunday morning was absolutely gorgeous running weather, and I hit the street feeling like a million bucks. Can you blame me for going too hard?
- Sunday May 4th, evening - softball with the BC Transit Softball team (still no name - we're working on it!) It turns out that I can't run the bases like a kid anymore - I managed to pull a muscle in area of my upper left quadricep, just below the TFL. I came home limping, and got a decent tongue lashing from my wife for over doing it! Silly me...
- Monday May 5th - rest day, with some ice a couple of times in the evening on the sore leg.
- Today - went out for a nice 40-min ride on the Trek before taking it in to the shop for a tune-up. When I went back to get the bike, Don spent about 15 minutes with me tweaking my riding position and giving me some tips on pedal dynamics. I'm looking forward to my next ride!
That's plenty for this post, I think - the next few weeks, I'll be focusing on preparations for the Oak Bay Half. This will be my first race at the 21.1 km distance - I'm looking forward to the challenge. In the meantime, happy running to all :-) Cheers.
