Warm day. Sunny mid 80ºs with a bit higher humidity. Because I've made the decision to go to Finland Saturday, I've decided I'm not running until I get there, and most likely not until Tuesday when I race in the preliminary round of the 400m.
Today, I really busted my butt on the bike. Set a new PR time coming up the mountain on Roark's Cove Rd. - 20:29. About a minute faster than I've ever done it. It got my heart rate up and gave me a bit of a lactic burn. A few hours later, I swam across the lake and back and did some water running. It will be the last hard workout before I leave. I may go out again tomorrow and do something similar but not as hard. Normally, I'd be running race pace 250s and doing blocks and spikes.
I wouldn't be going if I thought my injury would too bad to run by Tuesday. It's feeling better already and I probably could run tomorrow but I definitely won't. Certainly with an additional 3 days rest and some PT, I should be ok by Tues.
It was really in my discussions with my colleagues that convinced me to try. I'm presently #4 ranked in the world in the 400m with my 'B-game', so maybe I'll be able to pull off something better than I expect, like I did at Hayward last weekend. We'll see. I'd just like to make the Final and be able to finish without injury.
The adventure continues...
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