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MIA....no tri season for me

Wow, I wonder where time goes.  I have been MIA, most recently, past 4 weeks, I've been dealing with some back issues which has resulted in a "no tri" season for me this year.  I've had back injuries for years and usually know it's because my weight, lack of stretching and strength training.  I've been experiencing soreness in my back for about 2 months and it came to a head when I was practicing for the Luray tri.  While biking up the last 2 climbs the back pains just became intolerable and resulted in some spasms that I couldn't get to go away so I had too walk up the last climb.  I went to the Chiro and as expected my back is in pretty bad shape.  Another contributor to my back issues is my HORRIBLE posture!!  So I'm back to Chiro and PT 3 times a week.  After consulting with the Dr we decided it would be better for me not to race Luray or Iron Girl and just focus on my back issues.  So I start my 3rd week and have been given the ok to start working out again. I'm currently only running 20 min / 2 miles but hope to build that up a bit this week and will be starting strength training this week to help build up my back and core.  Also I'm back to focusing on my weight loss, which is tough to do when you are focused on training. 

I'm still planning on doing the Tour de Canal 100 miler and a mini tri at the local YMCA towards the end of September. 

While I'm upset about my season, especially since this would be my first Olympic distance tri, I also realize that being healthy is the key to triathlons.  So my goals for the rest of the year are to lose the weight, get to my goal weight and get my back healthy.  I'll continue to focus on swimming, biking and running but want to kick off 2012 better than 2011!!

I'll try to do a better job of blogging and giving updates.

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  1. Joy WizziwaAugust 21, 2011 at 10:25 AM

    As we say at camp....How How!!! I start training for Becca's Run today!!! We are back on track...and in control!!

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