Ok, so I thought I'd give Y'all a little update. I woke up Sunday morning w/ absolutely NO soreness whatsoever in my legs. My shoulders.. Now that was a different story. I think the combo long swim friday and being in the aerobars for 6+ hours saturday did me in. Tony was nice enough to massage out the kinks though. He really is SUPER that way.
But I was amazed that from the waist down I had no soreness AT ALL! Occasionaly I'd feel my quads a bit when I was doing a deep knee bend, but that's it. I attribute that to a good long soak in my 60 degree pool right after I finished. I basically stretch out the legs, grab a powerbar and go stand in the freezing pool.
I always take Sunday off, but today is usually an hour in the pool and a short 3-4 mile run. I only ended up doing a half hour in the pool because I still have a bit of residual shoulder soreness. I then ran 5 miles. My left hammy is giving me some problems and I'm a bit concerned about it. It didn't bother me at all this weekend or on my long run last week, but the weekend before it cramped on my long brick. Well tonight that spot started acting up again. I took the run slow- didn't push the pace AT all! And shut er down at 5 miles. I really wanted to do 6... Oh well. I'd rather take it a bit easier now and have strong legs for the long hard stuff. Anyway, lots of ice and some advil are in order I'm afraid.
Tomorrow morning I'm going to try to drag my butt out of bed early to get my hour in the saddle done before my dentist appt to finish my root canal! Fun stuff I'm sure! UGH!
Everyone have a great week!
Denise
oh- MM- Tony- the grand sherpa- is my bike mechanic/washer.. I've done it before but I always fight w/ the chain cleaning thingy. He gets frustrated watching me struggle w/it and goes "oh just let ME do it!".. No problem HONEY! ha ha
As for the tire changing... sigh... I'm not that good either. Actually if the tire is supple I have no problem, but a supple tire such as the Vredsteins I used to run are also prone to pick up road debris and thus FLAT! So Now I'm running michelin carbons and haven't had a flat since(fingers crossed) but thank god because the stronger tires tend to be harder to get off the rim. My other issue is always getting that last little bit of tire seeded back on the rim after you change it. My fingers just aren't strong enough or something? My new bike has 650's and I'm on the hunt for bomb proof tires for her. It came w/ Rubinos I think? Rudy at trisports said they are good tires. But I don't want "good" for the beeline- I need BOMB PROOF!!!