some thoughts

i took two days off this week....in a row...i have not done that since IM...and really it was hard to do...my body keeps telling me to rest but 9 times out of 10 i (and most other triathletes/runners) don't want to listen to that message...i'm good at listening to my body about injury but not about rest...

i needed it...i took wednesday and thursday completely off...save for an appointment with the PT...and doing the exercises and stretches that he wants me to do...i have decided that i need to take better care this way and will now be getting once a month good massages at performance...do my exercises...do my really long stretching thing and get my body back to normal and hopefully build up a little resistance to injury...an ounce of prevention blah blah right?

so my last three days have been spent doing lots of school work...trying to get my head around all of these classes and trying to prioritise...for now cellular and molecular nutrition as well as ochem are on the top of the list...but none of my other classes is really that far behind...so far nothing i can't handle but i know in eventually i am going to get a nice dose of stress and i hope i can recognize that before it comes...

so as a little study break yesterday i decided to go for a run...yes dr. and the PT said it was fine to run just not past the point of pain...so i took it very easy...i tried to really set myself up for success...and it seemed to work...i ran the loop around the capitol from home and had a nice run...it wicked hilly but it felt good to get my heart rate up and just to move...i spent just as long icing and stretching after the run as i did actually running...but it's all about recovery...

i have two yummy yet similar yet totally different fish dishes the last two night...thursday i slices some fennel, onion and orange...cooked that a bit in a pan...put a rock fish fillet on top and topped that with some orange zest and garlic breadcrumbs...tossed it in the oven and served it over brown rice...yum! and then last night was red cabbage and onion with cumin seeds then salmon on top with a cumin seed garlic coriander rub served with a baked sweet potato...also yum...

lots more homework and studies to do over the weekend...so going to go for a bike ride saturday morning...and we will see about sunday...thinking a short run or maybe a swim...it's all still up in the air...