For the past couple of weeks, it's been hurt. Little "hurts" come and go when you're training. Right now I've got some pain and inflammation in my right hip flexor/adductors that I've been able to manage over the past few weeks with ice, advil and some ART. Today I woke up and it felt worse than it has in a while. Running was/is going sooooo well and I really hate to miss sessions but I pulled the shoot on today's run until I get the above question answered - hopefully tomorrow!
I've got a great ART practitioner (Dr. Jenn Turner at Moveo Sport and Rehabilitation Centre) who also happens to be a great friend from my university days and one helluva triathlete! I've been seeing her for the past couple of weeks and she's kept me going.
My internet diagnosis has had me freaking out about it - could it be a stress fracture...a torn labrum? My voice of reason: Dr. JT thinks it's muscular and is confident she can fix it! As I said, she's great and I trust her. I mean if she's good enough to be Svein Tuft's personal fixer-upper, she's good enough for me!
'till next time.
IY
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
OK, Let's keep this thing going...
It's been a while!
Initially I didn't have anything to write about, I enjoyed living life, I swam, biked and ran a bunch but I didn't feel like writing about it. Eventually I started to feel like blogging was a bit self indulgent and really, who cares about what I was doing athletically?
Now, as I'm getting close to toeing the line for the 2009 season I guess I'm hoping that someone (hopefully more!) cares.
I'm pretty motivated, not just for this year but the years to come. Competitively, I'm looking at this season as both a measuring stick and a stepping stone. If it goes well, maybe I'll look at racing "pro" (the quotations mean I'm keeping my day job!).
In any case I will not be satisfied with mediocrity. In my constant drive to be better I may be looking to expand my support team by way of sponsorships, training opportunities, etc. - I think keeping a blog (and having people read it) offers a nice platform to help facilitate those relationships so here I am!!
At worst, my Mom will be happy to keep up to date with my FTP, CTL, and HTFUs. At best a few more will be watching as I race at the pointy end on the West Coast!
Initially I didn't have anything to write about, I enjoyed living life, I swam, biked and ran a bunch but I didn't feel like writing about it. Eventually I started to feel like blogging was a bit self indulgent and really, who cares about what I was doing athletically?
Now, as I'm getting close to toeing the line for the 2009 season I guess I'm hoping that someone (hopefully more!) cares.
I'm pretty motivated, not just for this year but the years to come. Competitively, I'm looking at this season as both a measuring stick and a stepping stone. If it goes well, maybe I'll look at racing "pro" (the quotations mean I'm keeping my day job!).
In any case I will not be satisfied with mediocrity. In my constant drive to be better I may be looking to expand my support team by way of sponsorships, training opportunities, etc. - I think keeping a blog (and having people read it) offers a nice platform to help facilitate those relationships so here I am!!
At worst, my Mom will be happy to keep up to date with my FTP, CTL, and HTFUs. At best a few more will be watching as I race at the pointy end on the West Coast!
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