I hit a bit of a rough patch on my training this weekend. Nothing major, mind you. I started out strong with a mile swim in just under 40 minutes on Friday, then woke up early for a BRICK (bike/run back to back) workout. Sure enough, after crossing 72nd Street and arriving in the park, I noticed that my rear tire was flat. Grr. I changed it with only some minor struggle, but that cut into my biking time and I was only able to do one loop around the park in our allotted time. Back at Riverside Park for the run portion of the workout, I was doing okay for a while, and even remembered to switch my Runkeeper program on my phone (which has a GPS to track workouts) from "cycling" to "running," but then I noticed that the GPS wasn't working. Finally, at about the 30 minute mark, my lower back started to hurt. A lot. This is the second time this has happened during a longish run, and it's not pleasant.
On my way home, I dropped the bike off for a tune-up and stopped at Jackrabbit to purchase a new pair of running shoes — my old ones are over a year old, which I believe is what's causing the back pain. Trying out the new ones (Brooks!) tonight.
Also, got a huge kick out of this video — I think it's part of my open water swim workout this Saturday at Coney Island. Don't forget to donate!!!
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I hate tri training woes. I’m sending you good thoughts and stuff. I haven’t even done anything – but now I’m back in the South Bay, instead of house-sitting, and getting back into the swing of things. It’s NECESSARY! You’ll have to let me know how the shoes go for you. 😀
I hate tri training woes. I’m sending you good thoughts and stuff. I haven’t even done anything – but now I’m back in the South Bay, instead of house-sitting, and getting back into the swing of things. It’s NECESSARY! You’ll have to let me know how the shoes go for you. 😀