All your 'Base' are belong to us

Okay, that title has nothing to do with triathlon but I couldn't resist ;) I’m in the 'Base' period of my training right now which means I have been pretty busy the last couple weeks and this week is recovery. So what does this all mean? It means I did my first ever 4-hour ride yesterday a whopping 73 miles. My goal for this year is to complete all of my workouts. In looking over my training from last year there were only a handful of weeks I did every workout in the amount of time allotted. For the most part every workout was cut short or skipped for one reason or another. To date in my 2005 ATP I've done every workout and have either done the exact amount of time or a little extra and I feel great. I've also done a good job of sticking to my strength program although Im nowhere near my squat goal of 400 pounds. I haven't been able to get past 205. Triathlon is not a hobby its a way of life. Although I am looking forward to this rest week.

I have had a few problems with running and my right knee acting up so I've tried to limit the pain by running on a treadmill. This only happens in runs lasting more than about an hour the pain following is pretty intense making it difficult to walk and then a day later its gone. It may be ITBS or something of that nature. This is of course my own self diagnosis and so far to treat it I've bought new shoes (same as the old shoes that had 400+ miles) and adjusted the tension on my clipless pedals. If it doesn't get better soon I will be at the doc. I have a recovery week this week therefore there will be no runs of more than an hour until NEXT Friday December 17th. Keeping my fingers crossed the rest week will make it go away.

Oh..just in case you don't get the "All your base are belong to us" reference go here.Sean Mayhew
Sean Mayhew
Sean Mayhew
Sean Mayhew
Sean Mayhew
Sean Mayhew