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-- Abductor machine
-- Adductor machine
-- Leg curl machine
-- Leg press
-- Lat pulldown cable machine

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Some hip flexor/lower back tightness, esp on left since late Sunday evening.
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Something. Anything. Just move.
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I'm still exhausted from whatever mystery crud I had last week, but I managed to get through the day without coughing much yesterday, so at least I'm improving.  Wanted to ride my bike yesterday, but I was beat, so Nate and I just took the dog for a short hike. At least I got outside. Goal right now is just to get back to doing *something* every day, and get in the habit of weights 2-3x per week. 
Got a refund for the Hundito yesterday. :( They had a waitlist this year, so I figured I'd get a refund and let someone on the waitlist have my entry, rather than keeping it and just riding some of it. I'll drive around the course and cheer on my friends and be their sherpa. I'm bummed to have to back out, but it just is what it is. With how exhausted I am post-sickness, there's no way I could do a 5-6 hour race without causing my Hashimoto's to flare (not to mention the fact that it would be a terrible experience without proper training!). I know it's the right decision.
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Ugh, i am not getting workouts in! what is up?? Anyway, going to get back into a groove. 
Oh! Today's the day Darren's dad is going to try out assisted living!! I know he's a stubborn old goat but it's actually really great that he decided to do this and can see that he really shouldn't be living on his own in that big house. It really will take a weight off of Darren and his brother. He's had a couple of weeks of really living in the house now with no car and having too much time on his hands to think through everything. 
He's been very sure that we wants to try to keep his licence and go get the doctor's input for $75 assessment. Even though he says he doesn't want to drive. I think he just has too much time to think and once he's in the new place he'll be busy and won't worry about it.
They will have to figure out his house but not straightaway. Anyway, I really hope he likes it. I am not sure what will be done if he doesn't. Anyway, it's good news all around. I ho[...]
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Slimmed down version of the typical Pain Cave workout building back up the base.  

Pain Cave workout - core work was 1' rotating plank on 1:30 using 6# dumbbell
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9:00am EDT:  I think my next project is to start pulling things out of the garage and organizing everything. I have the materials to start hanging tools on the wall and such. I also need to figure out exactly how I want things organized, if that makes sense. What kinds of cabinets I might need for the tools and whatnot. Where I want to put everything. All the things.
Appointment this afternoon with an interior designer who sells Hunter Douglas shades -- going to get a nice roller shade for my sliding glass door. Something that's a little dog-proof... trust me when I say that vertical blinds and nosy dogs who like to look outside don't mix well. A friend of mine has one that has a remote and such and I'm thinking that might be a good idea as well, seeing as how I'm lazy. :)
 
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Body feeling a bit tired. Some tiny soreness over right kneecap. Maybe raising the saddle back up will help next ride.
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3 rounds of the Devils Kettles w/0.31 run
with Holly (she might be mad at me now)
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*PULLUPS WIDE GRIP - stopped short, right tricep hurting
**Possibly try Pushup - XR PP plus NEXT as doing 3 sets of 5 max. MAYBE TRY TO DECOUPLE THIS frOM BENCH?
***MUSCLEUP is combo of 'baby muscleup' AND Negatives.
- REMEMBER TO BREATHE on the XR PPP Pushup
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I couldn't get to sleep until 12:30 last night - argh. That doesn't help with recovery! 
My run on Saturday was hard. I was at the limit of my ability. I don't think the climbing will be as steep during my 30K, and there is more downhill, which will help.  (Hopefully, it won't be steep downhill, which is hard for me to run on.)  I'm going to the half-marathon trail race this weekend for my last long run.  The goal race is an additional 6 miles beyond that, but I know I can also do a marathon on a long run of 17 miles.  So, this should work - right? 
The good news is that I felt OK in the big picture sense after the run.  Not fully spent, like I did after my 25k last year. So, I assume that means I did OK with effort level, hydration, etc.  But my legs are sore. I also fell, and the bruises are tender!
I had an interesting observation last night: I have not been doing my PT regularly and my issues have gotten better.  Either the PT wa[...]
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Against all of my better judgement, I have rejected my previous race report entitled "The Last Olympic" as I fulfilled my self-requirement of being able to, you know, actually run train in preparation for that distance.  So here we go, Patriot's Tri in Williamsburg September 6th.  Full-on training plan starts in two weeks but I'll be doing some base / prep work in advance, getting used to the schedule and all.  This will likely be the hardest training plan I've attempted, at least since early 2014 - lots of strength and core work to keep the body together as well.
Starting stats:
VDOT
Fitness:  52, Fatigue:  42, Form:  12 (felt really good running yesterday so the time off has me fresh)
FTP:  sticking with 275 (probably a little delusional but the early rides aren't too hard)
VDOT:  38 (also a little optimistic, but I want to push my run)
CSS:  1:48 (LOL - no swimming in May won't help me train there)

First day of The Plan is an[...]
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Back to work today. Definitely slept hard! 
Going to be a busy week. I have Wednesday afternoon off to prep for Felicity's birthday party. Feeling pretty tired but good. Really fun that when I went down to get my coffee I saw two old colleagues from when i was at ServiceOntario who are now at MTO. Super fun! 
I do plan to get back to activity this week. My step streak is going strong though. I am on day 51 today. Planning to make it to day 64 to break my streak that i came within a day of breaking last fall but then got really sick and was in bed, not moving for several days ... 
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8:44am EDT: Great weekend with friends! We did the bridge walk underneath the New River Gorge bridge, did some hiking, ate some great food. I love hosting people in WV -- there's a ton to do and some really unique restaurants to take them to. And my dogs loving having company as well. :)
And some bad news ... a friend who I used to be very close to passed away. She had a brain tumor that was removed last fall -- we had been talking and the prognosis was that it was benign, but in a bad place. They got 95% of it out and the rest was sitting on her brain stem so they left it there. Turns out, the tumor wasn't all that was going on. She had a neurodegenerative prion disease that is very rare and very fatal. She died about 9 months after diagnosis -- leaving a 6 year old son. I'm considering making the 9 hour drive home to go to the visitation.... 
 
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I've been sick for a week and a half, and while I'm generally feeling much better, I'm still coughing stuff up and I'm still exhausted. I need to paint today, and will aim to do an easy spin outside at some point with Nate, but I'm so tired and unmotivated! All I want to do is nap...
Never did manage a ride - it DUMPED rain in the afternoon, and rained so much I was worried trails would be muddy afterwards. Went to the grocery store and cooked dinner instead. Got some painting done, but not a ton. Hopefully I can be more energetic and productive tomorrow! 
I requested a refund for the Hundito. Seems silly to lose $185 if I can't ride it. Hopefully there will be someone on the waitlist to take it, otherwise I have an old mtb acquaintance who just happened to post on Facebook tonight looking for someone to transfer her an entry... I had thought about keeping my entry and just riding the first half, but at this rate, I'm not sure I'll have that in me either! I'm still just so e[...]
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