Bike

• 47m 57s
• 18.15 miles
• 22.71 Mi/hr

Feeling it today!!! Man, I wish I could have done 6.7 more miles, because I know I could have kept up this pace, but unfortunately I needed to get back to work. I was just hammering, and it went very well. I think my problems with why I've plateaued is that I need to start out harder instead of saving myself. If I start out pushing hard, I can kind of settle into a groove and just hold it there. I think I can keep my HR around 150-155 for the whole hour+ it takes to ride a 40K.

At this pace, I was looking at less than 18 more minutes to finish 40K, which would have put me at 1:05:40 or so. I know I have that in me. Maybe I'll see how I'm feeling on Sunday and try for it.

• Health data: Sleep: 2 Stress: 3 Soreness: 3 Fatigue: 4 Sick: 3 Overall Workout: 5

Swim

• 38m
• 1640.42 yards
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Finally made it back to the gym for a swim.

250m warmup
1000m drills
250m cooldown

Ortho appt. tomorrow morning. I wonder how it will go.

• Health data: Sleep: 3 Stress: 3 Soreness: 2 Fatigue: 3 Sick: 2 Overall Workout: 3

Bike

• 2h 46m 30s
• 56.00 miles
• 20.18 Mi/hr

Half-iron distance ride.

I started out planning to do 50 miles. I just started out into the countryside, following whatever paved roads I could find. There was one part where I wasn't really sure where I was or how far away from home. As I got close to 50 miles, I started thinking it'd be cool to do 56 miles so I could notch a half-iron distance, so that's what I did.

Here's a riddle:

Q: What stinks in August?

A: Pigs.

I was trying to keep my HR in the 130's, and it was for most of the first half of the ride. It was in the 140's for most of the second half. I drank 2 water bottles and ate 3 gel packs. After about 45 miles, I was really starting to feel pretty bored. There's not a lot to think about when you're riding your bike.

• Health data: Sleep: 3 Stress: 4 Soreness: 3 Fatigue: 2 Sick: 2 Overall Workout: 5

• Health data: Sleep: 3 Stress: 3 Soreness: 3 Sick: 3

Bike

• 49m 40s
• 16.00 miles
• 19.33 Mi/hr

• Health data: Sleep: 4 Stress: 3 Soreness: 3 Fatigue: 5 Sick: 3 Overall Workout: 3

Bike

• 1h 10m 15s
• 24.86 miles
• 21.23 Mi/hr

Fairly solid ride today. I wasn't going too hard, but I did have my eye on the 21 MPH mark, so I hit that easily enough. Normally, this would have only earned a 3 rating, but I gave myself a 4 just for getting out and riding, as I was feeling a lack of motivation today.

I almost ran into some idiot on a lawn tractor who was backing into the street without looking. I could see it coming, and I was able to stop in time. It figures though, he was about 65 years old and about 280 pounds, so he probably didn't have the first idea about "cardio."

I think I might be able to use the lack of running as an opportunity to do more biking. Maybe I can ride 4-5 times a week now, now that I don't have to concern myself with saving days for running. 4-5 rides, plus 2-3 swims will be just as good as any other regimen I've done.

• Health data: Sleep: 4 Stress: 4 Soreness: 2 Fatigue: 3 Sick: 3 Overall Workout: 4

Run

• 12m 33s
• 1.53 miles
• 08m 09s /Mi

That's it. I'm done. It shouldn't be painful to run, and I just can't force myself to do it anymore. I can't run hard, and even the slow running hurts every step of the way. Well, literally every other step.

No more races for me until I get my knee figured out. I mean, I'm down to running 3 miles a week, and I can't even keep that up. I'll still keep up with the biking and swimming. I'm going to get another appointment with ortho, and hopefully we can really get a definitive answer.

• Health data: Sleep: 1 Stress: 3 Soreness: 1 Fatigue: 4 Sick: 3 Overall Workout: 1