Joe's Week 13

[JoeS]

Well it happened sooner than I thought it would. It happened almost exactly as I thought it would though. I laid the bike down last night. Low speed 10mph making a right turn, corner was nothing but gravel. One second I am up and the next I am on the ground. Didn't hit my head or land on my back, but managed to catch my right knee between the pavement and the bike. Had the knee x-rayed, and thankfully I didnt break anything. Unfortunately, it has swollen up to about the size of a softball and I can barely bend it. Gonna kinda cramp my training for a bit though, I have faith that it will be healed up in time for the tremont tri. I don't care if I have to walk the whole course, I am racing. So if I will probably miss a few group workouts, but know I wish I was there training with you.

[BobD]

It happens to all of us, take care of yourself and get back to training when your body is ready.

[Chris Kinsey]

Hang in there. You will bounce back. "Setbacks are just setups for Comebacks"

[Chris Kinsey]

How are you doing Joe?

[James Nissen]

Joe- hope you are recovering well! Let us know if you need anyting

[JoeS]

2x50 warmup
400 main
2 x50 cooldown

2.08 2.27 2.36 2.38 where my hundred split times. I am ready and feeling good for the swim portion. Knee is feeling really good, but I have not done any running on it. I don't think I will before the race though just to be extra safe. I wish July had worked out a little different, but I am going to be able to race and am really looking forward to it. This has been an enjoyable journey so far and I am looking forward to completing this stage of it saturday. I know from talking with Dustin the thought of doing a half iron man next year is planted in my mind. Way in the back the thought of doing a full iron man in 2012 is slowly not seeming so insanely crazy. For now the plan is to get through saturday and then I can start worrying about training again.