Where are you moving, Shan?

I think I need a LONG LONG run. I am tired of this 2 hour stuff

THAT ^^ is why I love this group Puts things in marathon perspective.

I think I need a LONG LONG run.

YES!!!! I AGREE!!!! Lou - I am moving into an apt. - same town, but on my own - with the dogs.

40 minutes of lifting followed by half hour running followed by 25 minutes in the fishbowl. Needed to re learn how to breathe while swimming. For Kimmie, the hard part of tri for most runners is swimming. The hard part of swimming is learning to breathe. The secret is to breathe out all the air underwater, and when you roll to breathe, only inhale. Most people do not exhale enough underwater, and thus try to exhale and inhale while their face is in the air. So you dont get enough air in, and feel like you are out of breath. There just is not enough time to exhale and inhale with your face out of the water. So you have to exhale underwater, and just like running breathe out and in with both nose and mouth. And when you start swimming, its just like doing couch to 5k. Going slow is good. Resting every length or two is fine. Its like run/ walk. You have to build your swim endurance Other Thoughts are to look straight down at the bottom of the pool, do not look even a little bit forward. Tilting your head forward to see the end of the lane means your head comes up, which means your legs go down = more drag which means its a lot harder to swim. End of todays swim thoughts.

I am moving into an apt. - same town, but on my own - with the dogs.

Uh oh... don't like the sound of that... My hip issue is arthritis. It sucks. And it's the worst thing I inherited from my dear mom. She's the joint replacement queen though... having her second shoulder replacement on the 24th. So that makes both hips (one redone again, so 3 surgeries), both knees, soon to be both shoulders. My sister had her thumb joint replaced. She's a technical writer and editor and couldn't even hold a pen anymore. I have an achey left thumb joint, and don't even want to think what that could develop into. I have it in my lower back and hips, mostly the right one. The pain is in the joint, deep in the inside part of the joint. Not bursitis (that's on the outside of the hip) or flexors (that's in the front). Sorry Cash, foam rollers don't help arthritis. Bugs, I agree. Sometimes it feels like anything less than a couple hours is just messing around. Today I ran 12.5 miles of hills. I've been avoiding hills lately, and need to knock that off. First 8 miles were pretty intense, then the last 4.5 weren't so much. Perfect day for a run, 5F, no wind, bright sunshine. The only problem was how badly damaged a lot of the trails were from snowmachines, but the road parts were nice.

Aw gee Shan. This is hard whether it'd been coming or not.

Shan, I'm so sorry to hear what you're going through. I've been through it and it is hard no matter what. Take care of yourself. Try to keep running or not... whatever you need to do...

Shan, Geez. Well I'm glad you returned the weight bench. I'm glad you cut-back this week. Your legs deserve it. Gotta pace yourself, and that applies to more than just running.