Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Not much to report.  My knee is still not better and I have not been able to run for 4 weeks.  It feels like my femur is twisting so my knee joint isn't lining up properly.  On the plus side, I've been able to ride my bike a lot more. 

Here is a quick recap of my last 2 weeks:

Saturday 4.5 hour long ride with Cameron.  My friend in the EPS took me to the shooting range inside police headquarters and we shot a hundred rounds from his handgun.  Very cool...makes me want to join the EPS.

Sunday 2 hours in terrible snow.  I kept hoping it would get better but it kept getting worse.  I gave up by Ardrossan and rode back to Sherwood Park.  My feet and hands were frozen solid.  I went to the pool instead of Tim Hortons to warm up because I thought I might need first aid.  Shivered uncontrollably for 30 minutes while I thawed.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday a blur.  Thursday drove to Calgary with Lindsay for her horse show at Spruce Meadows.    It was nice to see her competing.  Friday I drove to Lethbridge to visit my sister and do a bike race.  I finished 3rd in the 2km hill climb (I think) and won the Cat 2 116km road race on Sunday from a 110km 2 man breakaway.

It's been really hard to be motivated through this injury, it always is for me.  I've been swimming as much as I can stand (I don't like training at all when I can't go full steam) but I have really been enjoying riding with the ERTC again and road racing.  

Work is still good although it is slowing down now that we are finishing off our big project.  I will start taking Friday's off this week.  Lucky me.

9 comments:

Running~Jordan said...

Spruce Meadows is the mecca. Man I miss show jumping from my Pony Club and barn brat days. It's almost better than triathlon. It seems as though you're doing a lot of stuff even if you're injured. Keep at it. You'll be going full steam again soon.

Anonymous said...

Good to read an update. Try to focus on what you can do and not what you can't. Be patient and you will be back to running. You might want to do some water running.
All the best in your training.
Cheers,
Lisa

Guilherme Campos said...

Hey Paul! How are you? I ama great fan of yours and always check out your blog! I am racing in Canada 70.3 in August! I am moving to US in june to spent the rest of the year training with Siri Lindley's squad! I would like to keep in touch with you..are you going to race Alberta 70.3? If i could talk to you by e-mail it would be good...if you can, please wrtite me in my blog! Best Regards,
Guilherme Campos (Brazilian Triathlete)

Roo said...

Sorry to hear about the knee. I have what sounds like a similar problem and it's so frustrating! Hope you feel better soon!

Anonymous said...

Hey Paulie!!! When you see old men out there riding, running or swimming, for exercise and just the heck of it, and they say hi to you, Nod or wink or say hi back!!!! Not only do we "TRI" and do this, but we are HUGE FANS OF YOUR TOO!!!!

Hoop said...

Dude, no more blog posts? Banff stage race? Pigeon Lake? Knee update? The people need to know! haha

Running~Jordan said...

I agree... !

Hoop said...

Solid race today dude. Congrats.

Anonymous said...

Off the radar for months and then BAM- halling ass on the bike and 11th overall. Very nice work!!! (Now will you begin posting again?!...please...)