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WooHoo! I guessed right...meniscus tear.  Hope you can heal up without surgery.

Shocked...just absolutely shocked that you are immediately going to go out and run a race on it.  

I am about to  head outside for my longish run.   28 degrees (Fahrenheit  for you Canadians out there) with a 20-25mph  north wind. Truly arctic type conditions in south Alabama.  Still considering heading to the gym and hitting the treadmill but not sure the TVs carry the right channel to watch the Premier League games this morning.  Soccer is kind of my go to on a long treadmill run.  No commercials and something is always happening...even though it may not be that exciting.  

Jimmy-If you are hitting 90-95% of your workouts that is great. I think at this time of year there should be no concern.  As you move closer to a race you will recognize your key workouts and hitting those should be a top priority. Also, your coach can adjust your schedule each week based on what you were able to do the prior week.  It is hard for us to miss a workout and not want to make it up but the risk becomes making it up and then compromising the ability to  nail other workouts after the one we miss.  

I got outside for my long run yesterday...headwind out and tailwind back. Going to go out and bike in an hour or two....got to let it warm up a bit.  Haven't ridden my tri bike outside in 6-8 weeks so may take it out and work on getting back down on the aero bars.     

Good work Jason. Sometimes letting things rock along with the hope of it getting better just delays the inevitable.  You know your body through all of those miles running and I suspect you have a strong feeling that this will not get better without surgery.  

Got outside on the tri bike for about 33 miles this morning.  It was chilly. Felt pretty good down in aero.  A couple of years ago I sold my road bike because I never enjoyed riding it as much as my tri bike. Since getting a road bike last Fall I have really grown to enjoy riding it.  Definitely faster at the same power on the tri bike but these days riding the road bike outside seems like fun without the feel of "training" on the tri bike.  With my first race of the season in early April the time on the tri bike will pick up before too long. 

This treadmill has honestly been a bit of a game changer for me.  Life has thrown a number of planning/scheudling curveballs lately, and the treadmill has been my opportunity to run when I would perhaps have skipped a workout in the past.  Yesterday was a prime example as I spent a big chunk of the day at  Basement Reno course held at Home Depot, and spent my evening "run time" on the couch with my wife and son watching a movie.  9:30pm and I was on the treadmill with harder efforts towards the end - I wouldn't have done that same effort outside at night in January.  Tour Down Under continues to keep my attention ont he TV, although I'm a couple of days behind.

I had a pretty hectic week last week and am hoping that things start to calm down.

I missed a few workouts but don't have any races planned in the near future so I won't let it stress me out.  I am thinking of signing up for a half marathon in early March just to have something in the calendar as additional motivation. 

I was able to fit in a VO2 session on Friday - 12 x 2 @ 115% and then a longish 12 km run on the treadmill last night.

Nicole - I agree with Neil and having access to the treadmill at home made a huge difference for me.  I was planning a long outdoor run yesterday morning but a few things got in the way (like a poker night with some high school friends Saturday night).  My wife had to work an evening shift last night, and so I was able to get the run in while catching up on Game of Thrones.

I also find it hard to hit intervals within the first 30' of a long ride...or any ride for that matter.  On days that I have less than 70' to ride, and a 30ish minute warm up just isn't possible...usually the first few reps are hard...gets a little easier in the middle, then of course is hard at the end.

Jimmy-I have seen the same thing. No long intervals lately but recently on short VO2 intervals I will think i am dying 2-3 into a set but then kind of hit a rhythm and feel good. Sometimes I can even feel remarkably different from one interval to the next. Hard to figure but seems pretty common.

Marc-those are some killer sets on the bike.

Lunch swim and evening run along with some strength work. Tomorrow will be early swim and bike in the evening. 

1 1/2 hour easy ride last night.

Anyone else use an Adamo saddle?  

Now that I'm starting to do longer rides on the trainer, it really starts to get uncomfortable at around the hour mark. 

For my last fit, I had the rails level with the ground which gave the saddle itself a bit of a tilt forward. 

For the last few rides I've tried a little more tilt forward and pinched the nose rails together.

I'll give it a few more rides, but it didn't seem to help much last night.

I'm riding the Bontrager Hilo which is narrower than an Adamo, but honestly I'm not all that comfortable on it.  I keep hoping that something magical will change, but it hasn't.  At some point I may go to one of the local bike shops that fits saddles and keep borrowing demo saddles until I find something that works.  Riding Aero is never the most comfortable experience for me, and I'd like to improve that "feel".

Jason, glad to see that the road to recovery begins quickly.  Try not to push too hard too fast...