I can do it!

Since we spent all of last week moving after we returned home from our trip to Bend, I didn't get a workout in at all!  So I was excited to start feeling like an athlete again by hitting the track in the early morning hours for some speed work.  I was having a great morning, 7x200 in 44-45 seconds each, and I was planning to continue with my work until I stepped on an invisible pine cone and rolled my ankle!!!  It was such a bummer, especially with a race coming up this weekend.  So that ended it for me for the day.

Later, Ben convinced me to try out the bike, so we rode 22 miles in 1:16:00.  I almost had to re-learn how to ride, it had been so long!  My ankle was pretty bothered by the time we finished, so I guess it was good that we stopped at 22 miles.

I've been sick as a dog for the last two days.  But this evening I went to the gym with Ben just to see what my ankle would feel like.  I did 2 miles in 18:00 and felt okay, then I called it a day...don't want to push a good thing.

I was pretty worried about this race, since I rolled my ankle on Tuesday and then got good and sick for the rest of the week.  I woke up feeling pretty lousy, so I decided that I would just go out and see what happened...I could always catch the quitter bus if it didn't work.  But I surprised myself by getting a new PR in spite of it all!  My garmin said I did 13.2 miles in 1:49:48.  What a great race!  They changed the course from last year, so there was a couple of miles to warm-up before hitting the steep downhill part.  I actually felt really good the whole time, and felt great at the end!

So after the run, a few of us went home and got our bikes, and then hit the road for a few miles.  I was having stomach aches from eating a big meal before going out, and I was feeling sick again and pretty dizzy, so I turned back early and only put in 20.8 miles in 1:10:41.  Anyway, those guys were way fast for me, and I was having a hard time keeping up...  :S