24 Days off, X-Rays & MRI's

To say that the last month has been difficult is being nice. Since the 1/2 marathon & Placid ride I started to suffer some serious knee pain. It had been nagging for a while but knowing what my future plans are "Get to the IM Lake Placid starting line healthy" I decided to go to the doctor and get my knee checked. I hate doctors I had not been in six years and they told me they were eliminating me from the practice if I did not make an check-up appointment.

Needless to say I now have a scheduled physical.

As for the knee, x-rays were negative which I figured. So I continue to not exercise until I had my MRI and had it read. Those results also came back negative not tears, or strains Praise God!!

So on day 24 of no exercise I decided to test out the knee. On Saturday I ran 3 miles and it felt good no pain just some tightness. Then on our 60 degree Sunday I went for a bike ride I rode 17.2 miles absolutely pain free.

So we will see how things go, I start PT on Wednesday and hopefully it is just A IT Band problem that can be fixed.

With all that said I must keep in mind the Goal of coming to the start line healthy!!

The Loop

In mid October I had the opportunity to make a venture out the the land of miracles and ride the loop. So in english I went to Lake Placid and rode one 56 mile loop of the Ironman course. I was quickly reminded why I love Placid as the leaves were beautiful. However I was quickly reminded that The LOOP is no joke and there will be a lot of time spent on a trainer this winter preparing for the 112 miles.

This ride was a great reminder or Motivator of the work that needs to be done!!