mountains and molehills...

Hm so its been a little while since i have written anything on this training blog and its probably becuase i spend most of my free time.. well ... training.

So i went to the sports medicine guy yesterday to take a look at my shoulder in hopes that we could fix that dragging tightness i have been feelingg the past coupple of weeks while i have been swimming before it turned into a huge disaster (hence the title of this post)

turns out, i have an imbalance in my shoulder muscles ( something i actually experienced in my hip muscles las year) that is causing the tightness. I am going in for some massage therapy and regular visits with the doc to get everything in line...

As far as training goes, i actually thinks things are on track. my midweek workouts havnt changed too drastically as far as distances go, but i am definatly more consitant with not only the lengths, but also the progressive adjustment of times ( i each week ill take up workouts by 5 or 10 minutes, or a proportionate amount of miles for 3 weeks, then on the 4th week ill generally bring it down for a recovery). the weekends have been getting really long and tiring but i am actually adjusting really well.

my saturday rides have been alternatiing between 50+ to 70 + miles for now, Ill probablby bumped that up a bit in the next couple weeks . Ive been treating these as bricks, generall followed by a quick run just to let my legs get a feel for the transition. My sunday workouts are general 1:45 minutes to 2 hour runs (again itll be bumped up soon, though my runs are going reall well) and i generally follow that (not a brick, usually a couple hours later) with a swim or bike.

all in al going well. i am a little worried about how i am going to fit upcoming friend visits and vacations with my training schedule, but i definatly think its somehing that can be worked out with a little creativity.

I have gone through some pre ironman jitters (even though there is still some time) but i am seeing the time pass by so quickly!!! i will get over it since i really am running out of hours during the day to worry,... or sleep.