Time is just seeming to fly by these days. One minute it was spring break and now its two weeks after and I am counting down the days til the end of the semester.

I felt really good in the pool today. The pool trolls moved the lanes back to short course which was a nice change. The Japanese team must have left again. I have been running a couple miles per day or every other day. No pain back in my knee but i am still being super cautious about everything. Every little ache and pain is registered on the mental radar. I think its good to be cautious, so you catch injuries before they get too bad, but i might be over doing it.

The weather is still a nuisance. Its either warm and super windy or cold or cold and windy. There is no good weather in flagstaff in the spring.

I need to get back on the bike more, i think i am ahead of where i was last year as far as fitness goes but i won't know until this summer.

I guess that is about it. The Rock and Worship Roadshow was awesome! Good job to the few track athletes that competed this weekend at chandler. I'm out!

Back to it...

I finally went running again. After just about 4 weeks off, i went on an easy 30 minute jog with a co-coach of mine last saturday. Except for the usual aches and pains from getting back into running, i felt ok. I went running an easy 20 min on tuesday and that felt pretty ok too. My knee doesn't seem to be bothering me yet, but we'll see what happens when my pavement pounding becomes more routine. I hope to get out again today for an easy 20-25 min.

I am being very cautious this time around. My base mileage last fall was obviously low and i didn't have the strength to keep up training at the intensity that i was going. I am really focusing on getting myself healthy and staying healthy through the year.

This week, in general, is pretty laid back. It is spring break and the pool is closed. No swimming. I haven't yet, but i want to get on my bike maybe once or twice this week too. It is generally a recovery week and i will be back to normal training, plus running, next week once school recommences.

base training...

I am still off of running which i am mentally feeling better about. I still have two weeks of self prescribed rest before i try another few easy miles. Track season is in full swing. The high school team that i assitant coach had their first meet last night. Most of them did a good job, although we have a lot of work left to do.

Personally, my own cycling and swim training is going well. I had an opportunity to get out a few times last week on the bike. It was breezy at times but felt a lot better than so much time on the trainer. I am also getting in a consistent 3 days in the pool every week. I am working up my base in both cases. I want to drop my 1500m swim time down to 25min by May. I feel like right now i am at about 27-28min.

Not much else happening really. The weather is supposed to get bad again this weekend and into next week. I will hibernating on my trainer once again.