Weekly Update and a Discovery

I think I'm finally to the bottom of my lower back issue.  It appears to be a sore piriformis muscle.  This can get irritated when you really up your exercise, especially running.  Sounds familiar, right?  The cure is to do some deep yoga stretching, especially the pigeon pose, and deep tissue massage, which I get occasionally now and will be upping as I get closer to the race.

Had a really good week of training.  Did a little less swimming than previous weeks but because of the weather, was able to get on the bike for a nice ride.  Grand totals:  42 miles on the bike in some wicked wind; 2500 meters swimming; 16 miles running, include 3.1 miles right off the bike to get used to the transitions; and a yoga session.

As the weather is still iffy, not going to schedule any official bike rides but will ride if the weather is nice.  For the upcoming week...

Monday:  45 minute interval run.

Tuesday:  swim session.

Wednesday:  45 minute run.

Thursday:  swim session.

Friday:  30 minute run.

Saturday:  90 minute run.

Sunday:  yoga.