Definitely snowboarding season

Definitely snowboarding season since I'm not running that much due to trips out of town.  And sometimes I wonder why I keep up with this blog if I only update it once every 6 weeks.

On a more positive note, my PT has said I pretty much have the green light to run however I want.  Ok, not exactly that yet, but getting closer.  When I have been running, I have been taking it easy running at slower paces.  My knees started feeling fine and weren't really sore nor hurting after the runs.  My PT checked me out, I told him what was going on, and he said I could start adding in a speed workout once a week.  If my knee is feeling good after a few more weeks, I can go back to running without any restrictions.  I'll take it!

Since snowboarding is getting in the way of running, I might as well talk about it too.  My last trip was pretty damn good.  The first 2 days were amazing and I really pushed myself and increased my confidence.  I was getting faster and better at turns.  Passing people became a common occurrence instead of getting passed by people.  I still fell a few times, but I bounced back and kept going.  I took a lesson on Saturday and it screwed me up a bit.  I think I'm done with lessons since I seem to go backwards with my abilities whenever I take a lesson.  Hell, I still get down the mountain fine the way that I ride right now.

Gym stuff is still happening as well.  Oh, and yoga.  I finally learned how to do crow pose in yoga and can do it at will now.  It's awesome!  Still can't do a handstand but I'll continue to work on that.  I also tried another arm balance and got it on the first attempt.  I think it was called shoulder press pose.  I have a couple more sessions with my personal trainer and then it is back to triathlon training.  I kind of miss swimming.

7 weeks ago: 8.25 miles
6 weeks ago: 12.25 miles
5 weeks ago: 17.25 miles
4 weeks ago: 4 miles
3 weeks ago: 5 miles
2 weeks ago: 13.25 miles
Last week: 12.5 miles

Asics run mileage: 168 miles