Fighting Injury, Work, and Sleepiness!

Hey Everyone!

Its been a few weeks since my last post. Things have been a mixed bag with the training. Over New Years my family and I went on a cruise. During the cruise I was hitting the gym everyday to run and cycle. During my third day on the cruise I did a 6 mile run. My left knee starting hurting, and for the rest of the week it just got worse. So since then, I have had problems with my knees. I went to a sports massage place, and have been using rollers to roll out the muscles. It has helped. But they are still in pain. I have cut back my running and have focused more on the swimming and biking. I feel pretty good with my endurance these days, and I'm a bit disappointed that I am not pain free. But then I think about the kids going through chemo, makes my problems seem way less. I am taking it easy on my knees these days, and they are feeling a bit stronger. If it continues to get worse, I will make an appointment with a doctor. Hopefully it won't come to that.



Aside from that craziness, the practices have been going good. I am always swimming and biking with the advanced group. It pushes me, and I can learn from my other teammates as well as my coaches. Work has gotten a bit busy these days, so its been a bit hard juggling training and trying to get Land of the Lost done. But I'm finding time to fit it all in. Sleep is the thing I am not doing well these days. I'm gonna try and do better there....I kinda have to!

Hope all is well, and I will keep you better posted from now till the race!

Oh, I'm also going to do the Desert Triathlon 2 weeks before Lavaman. Its just a sprint (shorter version) So it will be a nice warm up and practice run for Hawaii!

Take care everyone!

-Matt