Calfing tight...

I'm not sure if I should have done the calf press yesterday. Later in the day my calf's started feeling tight. Before I went to bed and when I woke up this morning I massaged them with "the stick". I got up early this morning and was debating if I should run or run and do a shorter than scheduled session. 

I decided to run and about 10 minutes into the run my left calf was still pretty tight and I was doing a very easy jog. I can't even remember the last time I ran so slow. I decided to persevere and do the entire workout but keep it slow and stay as relaxed as possible. I'm glad I did, it was a beautiful morning and as the run went on it loosened up. After I finished and stretched it improved quite a bit.

I came across this interesting article http://www.triathlon-ironman-myfirstironman-ironstruck.com/coconutoil.html and I think I'm going to try it. About 5 months ago I bought some coconut oil and only used it once. Tomorrow I'm going to try it in my morning smoothie. 

I found it hard to get out the door to do my run this morning and my bike ride tonight, which is unusual because I enjoy running and cycling. The reason why was that I broke my training schedule rhythm by tapering for Sunday's race. The last ride I did was 6 days ago. I knew that today was an important day for both cycling and running and getting back in the groove. It would have been easy to miss or reduce today's workouts and use recovery as an excuse, but I just couldn't do it. I felt it was important to get back on track as soon as possible.

I had the best ride ever tonight and I couldn't believe it. It was a moderate effort and I was able to keep it in the large front chain ring for the entire ride, even on the hills. I wasn't expecting a fast ride because of the race on Sunday and I figured my legs would not have a lot of strength, but I was wrong. I ended up averaging 34.2 kph with my heart rate averaging 127 bpm and it was a challenging course with lots of hills. Last year my fastest training ride was just over 33 kph. During the ride I had to stop and help a fellow triathlete who's headset came loose and didn't have any tools. Normally I would have rode with him a while but tonight I was motivated to see how fast I could go at a moderate pace and decided not to spend any time chatting.

Two thirds of the way through the ride my phone rang and from the caller I.D. I saw it was the cop who took my hit and run statement. I stopped the bike and answered the phone. He told me that he couldn't get a confession. The truck was the fathers business truck and the daughter drives it. She admitted to driving down Campbellville road the night and time I was hit, but did not remember hitting anyone. The cop told her that hitting someone is one thing, but hitting someone and not knowing it is worse.

The cop told me he was very aggressive with her, to the point were he even called her a liar to her face. He felt she was the person who hit me but had no proof. The father was concerned and wanted to know if I was okay. The father also talked to her one on one but could not get a confession. The cop also told them that I had overcome a lot of challenges to get in good shape and be competitive and that she could have seriously injured me, or worse. It was apparent that the daughter has some problems, especially when you go to the track all the time and take your infant.

So that's that. There is nothing I can do. It's over and she got away with it, but hopefully also got the message. I spoke to a guy at MEC and he told me not to go down Campbellville road because there are a lot of drunk drivers going to or from the race track.

By the time I got home from my ride it was dusk and my toes were getting frozen. Being the positive person I am I was thinking this was good for my sore foot. It was kinda like icing it.

Mod Run - 1:10:58 / 7.88 miles / 9:00 pace / 125 avg hr

Mod Bike - 2:28:28 / 84.67 miles / 34.2 kph / 127 avg hr