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I’m happy to report that despite a still-tight right hip adductor, I managed to eek out 9.5 miles on Leif on Sunday; I felt slow, but it wasn’t about the speed, it was about “time on my feet” as DJ puts it. I kept my adductors from being overly engaged by simply… _not_ trying to change my form. Over time I’ve come to realize all the things I’ve been doing to “correct” form have caused one injury or another. Running too far forward on my feet hurt my calves, trying to push my pelvis forward has angered my hips. So I just let my body be and instead focused on having a super strong core.

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I need an arnica misting station I can go through multiple times a day.

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Yesterday in the pool we practiced something I’ve been really nervous about: having people swimming all around me. I’ve only done an open water swim in a race once, and I had a panic attack and basically waited until everyone passed to resume swimming. So DJ swam all around me, crowding me, trying to push me out of the way. While it wasn’t much, it made me feel instantly better about the situation.

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After a long ride on Saturday, I was supposed to run 6 miles, and then wake up and run another 8 on Sunday. Well, 3 miles into the first run, my hip abductors said “fuck you no” and took me down to a slow walk. Of course this happens 3 miles out from the house, while I’m sporting my brand new short-shorts, which I’m still self-conscious about.

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Please avoid the temptation to work a bit harder here and there.  It’s super easy to do and it will not feel like you are working very hard.  If you do  easy workouts easy enough you can do the hard workouts correctly.

—Coach DJ

As of today (April 8th), this year (2016) I have:

• Biked 1,112 miles, climbed 75,965 feet
• Ran 167 miles
• Swam 69,506 yards

As compared to last year, where by this time I:

• Biked 843.8 miles, climbed 61,852 feet
• Ran 7.5 miles
• Swam 0 yards

And I was training for a 100 mile mountain bike race. Granted, I was in the gym 2-3 days a week doing strength & agility training, which is not reflected in Strava.

It’s been a big year so far, and I am excited to see where it takes me.