ITB's

Well, it's not ALL about ITB's, in fact, very little will be said of them until the end of this entry.

I think I'm almost decided on doing the Louisiana state duathlon championships in Opelousas in two weeks. It's a 2-mile run, 16-mile bike, 2-mile run kind of thing and, after looking at the past two years of results in the men's 50-54 age group, I think I could finish as high as third (maybe second?). Of course, it would make sense that all the old fast guys will probably show up this year! Plus it's a second duathlon for me...if I do at least three this year I will be included in the rankings process. I haven't been ranked in a multi-sport event in years...I rarely did more than two triathlons in a single year. And now that I don't care to swim anymore, the only place I've got left is the duathlon and with all the running I've been doing, well, why not?

Ran this morning, a mere 2.5 miles, before the rain and cold weather hit. On Saturday I cranked out another 100k or 62 miles on the bike. Did it about 20 minutes faster than the Saturday before, all solo. Jonnene did a training ride with a friend for 25 miles Saturday and swam about 2300 meters this morning (while I kept sleeping!). The rest of the week is supposed to be cold and I was definitley spoiled by the warm weather over the past weekend.

Both of us spent a lot of time working on the old house during the weekend and I was there most of today putting up window blinds, painting, installing the remaining trim in the kitchen, and packing up more of my stuff to take the new house. The place is looking pretty good if I do say so myself...and I just did!

Going to bed early tonight. J's going to work on the I.T.-bands in my legs tonight so that should be quite painful in a "good-for-me-I-think" kind of way.