Cathy and I will be doing our second Quakertown Tri (Sponsored by Piranha Sports) this Sunday, we're both excited and much more comfortable than last year! Cathy's husband Mike will be joining us for his first Tri, having purchased a 2XU wetsuit.
After months of avoiding injury, I managed to re-tweak my knee last week leaving for work. Carrying my 11 pound Morkie and work bag, I thought I was stepping onto hard surface but landed in mulch instead. As soon as I felt my ankle twist, I took the weight off of my right leg and caught myself with the left. I knew my left knee would be sore immediately, I was just hoping it was nothing major. Sunday I had a fantastic ride, but the run afterwards yielded some IT band pain which I had also experienced after last year's tri. This week we're doing iontophoresis to the front area which David calls "the insertion point", and he has taped the IT band from the back which last year fixed the problem instantly. David calls the tape we use "medical duct tape" because it's very strong. There was something about doing a 'fibular glide' while taping and anchoring to the tibia - whatever he does, it releases the tension. Insurance companies don't want to pay for Ionto because they consider it "experimental" but it also fixed some bad wrist tendonitis that I had this year. It's only used in certain circumstances, but it does work and has been around a long time. If we ever treat an insurance company exec, I would love to say, "Oh we could fix that with Ionto but according to your company it's experimental."
After working with Cathy's swim coach for the past month, he's already swimming a mile! Cathy will be riding her sexy new racing Specialized, I will be riding Phil's old Klein which I have named "The Blue Beast", and Mike will be riding a $100 Schwinn (with which he still beats Cathy on her new fancy bike). In a flurry of texts yesterday we compared the expenses of Tri training. Aside from the improved bike, Cathy spent about $180 on swim coaching. I only spent $10 on a couple of Master's Swim classes; but after weeks of doing the breast stroke had to spend $180 on new bras at Victoria's Secret. Cathy and I both agreed that our husbands didn't mind our spending habits involved with training because it's keeping us in good shape!
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After months of avoiding injury, I managed to re-tweak my knee last week leaving for work. Carrying my 11 pound Morkie and work bag, I thought I was stepping onto hard surface but landed in mulch instead. As soon as I felt my ankle twist, I took the weight off of my right leg and caught myself with the left. I knew my left knee would be sore immediately, I was just hoping it was nothing major. Sunday I had a fantastic ride, but the run afterwards yielded some IT band pain which I had also experienced after last year's tri. This week we're doing iontophoresis to the front area which David calls "the insertion point", and he has taped the IT band from the back which last year fixed the problem instantly. David calls the tape we use "medical duct tape" because it's very strong. There was something about doing a 'fibular glide' while taping and anchoring to the tibia - whatever he does, it releases the tension. Insurance companies don't want to pay for Ionto because they consider it "experimental" but it also fixed some bad wrist tendonitis that I had this year. It's only used in certain circumstances, but it does work and has been around a long time. If we ever treat an insurance company exec, I would love to say, "Oh we could fix that with Ionto but according to your company it's experimental."
Hopefully we'll have great stories & pictures to share after Sunday; and Mike will join our Blog Team with a post about his first big event. Go Us!
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