Todde's Tri Blog

today was a 21mile/2:45 run at town lake. started out pain free in the shin muscle but after the 1st 7 mile loop it was tender and it only got worse. i did my best to run cautiously in order to minimize the pain but going down any hills sucked. i plan to not run for several days and then avoid any long runs in hopes this helps. it appears the muscle is strained and it will take some time to heal. good thing is if it lingers into IMAZ i can run thru it. i was pleased with my pace and HR today. i maintained a pace around 7:50 to 7:55 with an HR of 131 thru out the day. other than two 1min stops to refill my water bottles it was steady running for what seemed like eternity. i could have run some more but i really didnt want to.

tomorrow will be a wetsuit swim at barton springs and i may get in a short bike before sunday's long bike.