Had a blah workout today. It was mostly mental. I just couldn't get my head into it. I swam about 20 laps. The were kinda random. I timed 6 to try and get an idea of how fast my 300 m is going to be. I am not even sure how many laps 300 m is in a 25 yard pool (that would take some math and I don't do math). Then I just did some random swimming. I don't know why I stopped at 20 laps but I did.

I went out and got on the TM. I was shooting for 3 miles but I just couldn't do it. No reason really. My knee did start to get a little sore so I stopped. I made it two miles. I did do a hill at the end to justify stopping. I did run most of my run under 10:00 so that part was good (all two miles ha!)

Better than nothing but a pretty lame workout.

Friday -- Ran 6 miles -- ish. Peter, Laura and I ran Provo Canyon. My watch died about five minutes into the run. I know where the 2.5 mile mark is to turn around to make it 5 miles and I went past that a little way. Then when I got back to the parking lot I was feeling pretty good so I kept going. I am not sure if I hit 6 miles or not but I think I came pretty close. (Peter and Laura did 7 miles ... they run faster than me so they were a head of me). I have no idea what my pace was. I felt pretty heavy going up for about the first two miles but after that felt really good. My knee started to hurt at about mile 4. It really started to hurt. Saturday it was the most sore it has been in a long time. I had a friend look at it and he says IT band syndrome. GREAT! He gave me some good suggestions. Ragnar is going to be interesting!

Migraine! ugh! Missed another day of running this week. Not good. But I just couldn't get myself to run with this headache. Tomorrow ... I hope.

I took my bike BACK in to get my 3rd flat fixed and get the brakes adjusted again. My poor bike! By the time I got home and changed a BIG black cloud had rolled in along with GAIL force winds. I headed out and attempted a bike ride anyway. I ended up turning around about 2.25 miles out. It is scary riding in wind like that. I almost blew over a couple of time ... literally!

Swim -- I went and swam. I did a 16:30 1/2 mile. Then I did a bunch of drills. Then I did another 1/2 mile but didn't time it.

Monday -- Swim 1 mile. 34 min. Changed my clothes (went to the bathroom) and headed out to run. Ran 3.10 miles. 32:something min. (TM)

I felt good. The swim is a little slower than I would like it to be. I am just stopping to much. It is hard not to in a pool. I was pretty tired after. When I started my run I thought there was no way I was going to make it 3 miles. But after a few minutes, once my legs warmed up I felt good.

Now I just need to be able to add the bike in there! :)

Thursday -- TM (I wussed out and went to the gym. It was windy and cold outside) 4 miles. I walked the first 3 min as a warm up. This kinda wrecks your time. But my average was about 10:00. I even ran some of it at 9:40 (which is really good for me). My knee got very sore at about mile 3.

Friday -- Swimming. I did a little over a mile. I lost track after a mile. Pool got crowded so I got out. I little slower today. Mile was about 34 min.

Saturday -- 5 mile run. Peter and I ran up Provo Canyon trail. I turned around at 2.5. He kept going to do an 8 miler. My total time was about 52 or 53 min. My splits on my watch don't seem very accurate. I lost satellite connection in the trees and it didn't seem very accurate sometimes. This is my first 5 mile run since the Moab race. Felt pretty good. Knee felt better today. Still a little sore but not until mile 4.

Swim -- 1 mile about 34 min.