Hitting the Gym

How am I feeling? Good! How is the recovery going? Good! How are the “new girls”? Good!

Good, good, good!

Thanks for all of the well wishes and warm thoughts. It’s been almost two weeks and I couldn’t be better. After a day or two of rest, I have been back to my normal life with the exception of running and lifting anything heavy. I’ve been able to get to the gym on most days where I’ve been spending a lot of time stretching, doing leg exercises, walking on the treadmill and sitting on the spin bike. On days that I don’t make it to the gym, I’ve been watching season 5 of Lost while on the treadmill at home.

If running takes a lot of time, not being able to run takes even more. I find myself spending two hours at the gym and feeling like I haven’t gotten much of a workout. That’s okay, though. My legs are feeling strong and I’m enjoying the break from fighting the snow and cold. My nightly habit of worrying over the weather forecast has fallen by the wayside as it’s always shorts weather inside.

I’m getting really excited about training for the Chisago Half Iron in July. I bought a 20 week training plan from Training Peaks that starts on March 8th. I should be back to my normal workouts on February 15th, so I’ll have almost three weeks to get ready for official training. The first 8 weeks of the training plan are base phase so I should be able to keep up. This is also the time of year to firm up race plans for the season. Right now, the first race on my schedule is the Earth Day Half on April 15th, followed by the Minnetonka Half two weeks after that and the Fargo Half three weeks later.

One more week of goofing off from goofing off!