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September 6, 2007
Back to the Grind
So it was back to work today and to the general hum-drum of life. At some point this morning I realized that while I was in Germany summer ended here in PA.
Don't get me wrong, it's still hot as ever (Mother Nature missed the memo) but everyone is back to school, O is back to 12 hour work days (between teaching, coaching and a longggg commute), college football is on tv and all talk in Pittsburgh is now centered on the Steelers. Fall indeed has arrived.
And so it goes. Always sad to see summer go but I would be lying if I told you fall wasn't my favorite season. I think it will always be my favorite, as long as we live here in PA where the humidity disappears, the temps are a comfortable 50-60 degrees and the leaves become brilliant colors.
After college when I no longer had a cross country season to look forward to, I always thought that "cross country feeling" would dampen with time. But it hasn't yet, now 8 years later. Maybe it's because O coaches cross country and the thought of it is still fresh on my mind. Whatever the reason, I can still conjure up those feelings of being all nerves before the first big invitational of the season. Truth be told, I hope fall is always like that for me because it's a very pleasant memory.
Regardless I'm a triathlete now and a happy one at that! My only problem of the time being is that my foot hurts. Dumb foot. Started hurting yesterday at some point and then after my fartlek this morning it was *really* mad at me. I've been icing and taking some Advil and I have a podiatrist picked out in order to make an appointment tomorrow. I think it's perhaps just aggravated and sore (it's on my forefoot - not my usual PF problems) but I want to nip any potential problems early on because I have an important race in November!
The workouts today were the aforementioned fartlek (4x3 min hard w/1 min rest, 2x6 min hard w/2 min rest and 6x1 min hard w/30 sec rest) which felt awesome. I really like fartleks and my foot didn't hurt while I was running so I was happy as a clam. Tonight I came home and rode 1:45 moderate on my trainer while watching Law and Order. No foot pain on the bike at all.
And now the laundry is calling...
Posted by beth at September 6, 2007 8:39 PM