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8/31

Last day of August = September tomorrow = race month!

Weather forecast is looking good, well, as much as one can when we’re still 11 days away. Rain and heat this weekend, followed by some cooler temps (70-75 deg F) the following week.

Spin class, Watts lower – expected after two days in a row of intense effort. 30 min Alter G session, mostly at 90% BW. Felt good. Followed it up w/some stretching and foam roller.

Did end up at a little urgent care center today. Knee is healing okay, but the doc gave me a prescription for some antibiotics. Don’t love taking drugs and normally I would have just toughed this one out without a doctor, but I’d rather my body get help fighting/preventing an infection NOW, rather than having to spend energy fighting one on Sept 11. Plus, most people who see it ask if I needed stitches, gasp or ask if it just happened…so maybe I’m not really over reacting?

Picking up my bike tomorrow. Psyched to have him back.

Saw a few of my IM Canada friends at spin. They looked so happy – and contemplating Ironman races in 2012 (or excited for ones they’ve already got planned). Wow. I really hope I feel like that on the Wednesday after my race. Right now I’m feeling fairly anxious.

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8/30

Bike commuting – less scary today. Hopefully all of my city riding will translate to confidence back on the road bike this weekend.

Spin class again. AGAIN, Watts were good. Man, that three day break seemed be what my legs needed to recover from some tough workouts in July/August!

One hour Alter G session – started with 85% body weight. Got good and warmed up, tried 87%, then 89%, then 90%. Hung out at 90-94% for the last 15 minutes of my run and it felt okay. Going to see how things go and try it again tomorrow, hopefully spending more time in the 88-92% range.

Finished up with some Vasa, in lieu of actual swimming.

Knee seems like it may be getting infected. Annoying for many reasons, but bandaging it up really limits my mobility and makes it feel very stiff. May get myself to the doctor if the Neosporin doesn’t seem to do the trick by Friday. Otherwise, I’m continuing to ice a few times a day and am eating plenty of protein and iron to help give my body fuel to rebuild!

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8/29

wt – 125 lb. Not the huge weight gain that I thought 😀

Able to ride my bike to work, which was nice, though a little scary.

Spin class w/long warm-up, Watts were good. Worked the set. Followed up with a 15 minute Alter G running session, 90% body weight. Left knee didn’t totally love the run. M2 recommended trying 85% weight tomorrow, reminded me that my goal now is to maintain fitness and get my knee moving again. Some soreness is normal. Trying to maintain a positive attitude!

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