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Here are some older DQ Tri photos from July!

Snotty September

Since the last post, I have been on IR for about a week. I went out and scrimmaged with the kids on my soccer team last Monday, and the next morning, could barely walk with pain in my left heel. Otherwise sore in legs as well. No worries, felt better on Tuesday and even better on Wednesday, so much so that I went for a short run to try out my new Pearl Izumi Streak race shoes (very excited and very RED!). My heel started bothering me again, so I cut the run short at 2 miles. Went to practice, was scrimmaging again, and came down hard on my heel. Instant pain. Stopped, massaged, took advil at home, and next morning I could barely walk. So I was thinking PF. CRAP! Saw our trainer, and he thought it might be a combination of a heel bruise and some associated PF. I have been resting it, icing at night, massaging, stretching, and today it feels much better, but it is still there. I have the time to rest now since my racing is done and I was planning on maintainance this fall anyway, so I am eating poptarts and getting fat as I rest and relax. Also, lusting after a new bike, but that is nothing new!

Back in Jersey

Made the migration back to New Jersey, and we are now bracing for the start of school (Kids, us). My training has dropped off to maintainance now that my racing is done for the year. I flirted with doing the Endless Summer tri on LBI, but I will be helping run a local race that same weekend instead. My plan is to keep up with my running, add some more base miles this fall, maybe do a half marry in Novemer (Philly). Ride when I can on the weekends. Maybe swim once or twice a week in the fall. More as the plan unfolds, but I am thinking of ramping up for the Timberman 70.3 next summer, so I am thinking of the long(er) strategy.