Like everything else in life, there's always the good and the bad. I'm trying hard to focus ONLY on the good right now. But I do have a bit of bad news: a possible injury (that is very painful today).
OK, the good first. I ran today (instead of swimming, which I'll do tomorrow) and despite the awful road conditions - and they were worse than I expected - I ran for an hour and barely felt winded. I felt like I could have easily run another hour. This is a good thing, esp one week before an Ironman (mentally, at least).
Another good thing: I'm feeling much more confident about the swim. Jim Fuller told me "it's only a half mile to the first buoy so you're never out there that far". That really helped put my mind at ease. To think of it as only a half mile out and half back in (with 1/10 between the buoys) sounds relatively easy to me. YAY!!!!! Can I say that again? YAY!!!!!
And my bike is on it's way to Florida - woo hoo! That feels very good. My transition bag with all the stuff I listed in my last posting is with the bike.
Now for the bad: I have acquired severe hip pain in my left hip. It hurts very bad today. It hurts so bad when I first stand up, after sitting for awhile, that I can hardly walk. Yes, it hurt when I ran today and yes, it is worrying me quite a bit.
I've trained for a frickin' year without a single injury and one week before the event I get an excruciating pain in my hip!
Trying to stay calm...at least it's not my knees or feet, I think that would be worse. But it really hurts when I walk.
Off to class....hobbling, of course.
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