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February 9, 2010
More On The Way...
Well the storm of the decade/century did really come on Friday night/Saturday morning. All in all we got about 2 feet of snow!
Luckily O did most (all) of the shoveling while I happily rode away on my trainer on Saturday morning. 4 hours total. Come to think of it, I don't think I even left the house on Saturday!
On Sunday we did venture out for church. And then for a run followed by some water running and lifting at the YMCA. And then we watched the Super Bowl. I was rooting for the Colts but wasn't too closely tied to either team so the fact that it was an exciting game was good enough!
Yesterday morning we got up and ran again (yipppeee for running!). The roads around our house weren't too bad (the snow was pretty packed down which makes it easier to run on) so I was thinking our drive into work wasn't going to be too bad.
WRONG-O!
O had school cancelled so he drove me into work at the hospital. We were doing good until we actually got into Pittsburgh/Oakland. 40th Street was parked. What is usually a 35 minute drive became a 2 hour drive! YIKES! But I got there, did my work, and the drive home was better.
Needless to say though, I'm glad to be working from home today.
And guess what? WE HAVE MORE SNOW COMING!
Another 6-12 inches are forecasted for this afternoon through tomorrow morning. I'm thinking O is going to have the whole week off school... :)
Anyway, snow aside, the training is coming along pretty well! Biking is as usual - no pain and I can get all my hard/long/easy/moderate workouts in without issue. Lifting is also not a problem. This week our focus is on getting me back to running normally - frequency and distance wise (with water running to fill the gap as I slowly build). Intensity is another issue - everything thus far (and for a while yet) has been at an easy pace. Tomorrow (snow aside) I'm going to attempt 45 minutes of running which will be my longest run since injury! Woo-hoo! And so far so good in terms of pain. Slow and steady progress - YEAH!
Swimming of course is another issue. I haven't swam for 4 weeks and we've decided to hold off another week until I can get the running up to par. One thing at a time! At this point though I've officially withdrawn from Oceanside so I'm in no rush. My next "A" type race would be Eagleman which is in June so there is no need to push, push, push and risk more injury!
Now, back to work! Have a great day everyone!
Posted by beth at February 9, 2010 9:41 AM
Comments
Can you believe that more snow is coming? I am starting to question why I ever left NC.
Glad to hear that you are running again.
Posted by: Rebecca at February 9, 2010 10:54 AM
Look at O measuring all that snow! I can't believe we have more on the way!! Man! That is crazy!! I'm glad you've been feeling better and that the running is taking slow steps forward! Maybe we'll be back to swimming at the same time (my dr. appointment is next week). Although, I took like 13 weeks off, not four!! I hope all is well! Baton down the hatches! Here we go again!!
Posted by: Kim S at February 9, 2010 11:22 AM
That picture is just awesome! I miss snow and snow days - SOMETIMES :)
Posted by: Charisa at February 9, 2010 11:39 AM
WOW - I'm going to go out on a limb here and state the obvious...that is A LOT of snow! Woa!!! Even to a native Minnesotan :) Good luck with the commute!
HOORAY for training again - that's great Beth! Nothing wrong with your first A race of the season being in June... actually - I moved things around in my schedule and that's when MY first A race is as well! YEA! Oceanside isn't going anywhere...and will always be here for you! :) And you know I've said this before - your body will thank you by the time IM AZ rolls around! YES YES YES!
I'm looking forward to our September Date!
Posted by: marit c-l at February 9, 2010 12:07 PM
Snow days are good, but a snow week can be a drag:) i hope you arent feeling too confined, and can enjoy the beauty of it all. O is a trooper, that snow looks heavy. Our latest was super light so easy to shovel. Now we are getting ice dams so rich had to run out to try to get a torch. I think we all need to move in with Marit:)
Posted by: julia at February 9, 2010 2:05 PM
Sounds like you are getting better and better!! Lifting now!! That seems like a pretty major step to me.
Keep up the great work!!
4 hours on the bike?!?! You are a machine!!! :)
Have a great day!!
Posted by: Steve at February 9, 2010 2:23 PM
Beth that is AWESOME that you are running!!! I am so sorry about CA but it sounds like it's for the best. Now you just need to ROCK Eagleman :) I predict a Kona slot for you!!
Posted by: barb at February 9, 2010 2:51 PM
woohooo back to running! yay! im so happy for you beth.
yikes, that is a TON of snow - i think boston is going to get dumped on tomorrow.
Posted by: Kim at February 9, 2010 2:59 PM
I am glad things are on the up. Hope your run goes well today.
Have fun in the snow.
Posted by: Angelina at February 10, 2010 5:55 AM
Football sucks anyways, but you weren't even tied to one team? Yeeeesh.
Posted by: D at February 10, 2010 11:55 AM
Would it be mean of me if Jerome and I snickered when the east coast got dumped on? FINALLY another place !! HA...ok, that is not super nice....:) I am only kidding. I hope it melts fast - hey, think of this: IT MELTS for you guys! :) NOW you can watch the OLYMPICS and that will break cabin fever.
Posted by: Jen Harrison at February 12, 2010 1:50 PM