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September 9, 2007
Training, Football, Feet, Duathlons and More
First of all, it's been a very good football weekend at the Shutt residence. All the right teams won (namely Penn State and the Steelers although we might as well include West Virginia in there as well). The only thing that could have made the weekend better was if Pitt lost. Oh well, I think Michigan might have made up for that. One thing is for sure, The Big House is one very sad place to be right now.
In other news, I did some training today, namely a 1:50 long run this morning, a 3000 yd swim workout this afternoon and then a 1 hour easy spin on the trainer. It's been raining much of this weekend and very humid too. I'm hoping this week will feel like fall - cooler weather and dry. At the very least dry. Our grass is about 10 feet tall because it hasn't stopped raining long enough to cut it.
My foot is hanging in there. It's a strange thing. Try as I might I can't make it hurt by pulling, prodding or poking at it. I can't even explain where it hurts. And it doesn't really hurt when I run. But try walking barefoot across the hard kitchen floor and BAD juju. Running on it really hasn't made it much worse. I won't say it's really getting much better though. For now I'm keeping a close watch, icing, taking Advil and I have a MD appointment at the end of the month (that I will hopefully be able to cancel because my foot will be 110% by then...right? :)
Finally, I've been thinking about duathlon for the past couple days. Mostly because of a comment on my blog from TR who suggested I consider duathlon a little more closely. Perhaps TR is tired of hearing me complain about swimming? ;) More seriously though I'm not sure why I have never considered duathlon. The one duathlon I've done was supposed to be a triathlon but the swim was cancelled due to weather. And although I should have been thrilled of my good fortune at that race, I was quite disappointed. I guess that goes to show that as much as I complain about swimming I see it as a real challenge. The exciting thing about triathlon is that everyone has strengths and weaknesses and when you mesh it all together, it makes for an exciting race. Perhaps that's part of it's appeal.
Anyway, I think I'm getting off topic here. Another reason I haven't really gotten into duathlons is because...well...where the heck do they do duathlons? Definitely aren't any in my area. I'm guessing Ohio has some. I'm also guessing it would be easier to find some in the early season when it's too cold to swim. Which might be a fine time for me to try one for real. I don't want to get to liking them too much though because duathlon doesn't have a Kona. And we all know, Kona is really what it's all about. :)
But thanks for the suggestion TR. It surely did make me think some...
Hope everyone has a great week!
Posted by beth at September 9, 2007 8:46 PM
Comments
Not close, but not all that far:
http://www.yellowjacketracing.com/Rochester%20Autumn%20Classic.htm
Posted by: Chad at September 10, 2007 11:47 AM