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Bummed Knee September 9, 2007

Posted by vollenda in : General , 7 comments

 Kinda bummed this week because my left knee is bothering me this week.  Luckily it was a cut back week (although when you aren’t doing very much it feels like cheating).  I also cut out the Saturday run this week and the bike on the weekend.  It feels stiff.  Maybe it’s just old age?  This is what I did this week:

 Mon, Wed, Sat - Yoga/Pilates

Tue - 30 min run

Thu - 30 min run

Sun - 35 min run

Bike to work - Tue-Fri

Bike - 60 min on Monday

On a good note…I watched Tim and Bolder race IM Wisconsin today and that was very, very cool.  Yeah Tim!  Yeah Bolder!  You guys rock! :)

I also went to the fair on Saturday and took lots of photos.  Mostly of Barrel Races and the horse racing.  You can see some over here on my photoblog.

Bike Trail Times September 2, 2007

Posted by vollenda in : General , 2 comments

Before summer started, they said it was going to be a hot one.  But it was actually pretty mild.  Woudn’t you know, now that September is here, it’s blazing.  Over a hundred this past week.  Yesterday and today, 106+.  The forecast for today said it could get to 112. Yikes.  I’ve been drinking water like it’s going out of style.  It wouldn’t be so bad if there wasn’t some mugginess to it.  There was even lightning on Thursday’s run but I didn’t hear any thunder so I thought it was safe. 

This week’s workouts - 

Mon, Wed, Fri- Yoga/Pilates

Tue - 30 min run

Thu - 45 min run

Sat - 30 min run w/a 60 min ride after

Sun - 45 min run w/ a 60 min ride after

Bike to work - Mon-Fri

Both weekend rides and all runs on the new bike trail.  It has almost the same feel as the river ride.  Except for the underpasses.  Oh yeah, and no river.  Other than that, it’s pretty nice.  These photos are from the “end”.  Which is just the end of the (mostly) completed part.

End of the path

Running trail is starting on the right (packed dirt).  The bike path is on the left (paved).  It’s kind of nice that the runners & cyclists don’t have to worry about each other.

Looking south at the end

The view looking south.

More south

The old side.

Looking north

And the view looking north.  Bummer about the new houses, huh?  Spoiling the view.  Sigh.