Onward

The rest/transition phase is over, on to the next event.

Basta needed these two weeks of Very Little Exercise. He was tired. He skied four days, as mentioned. He swam a few times. He didn't run or bike. Letting the knee heal and the body recover. He ate a lot.

He felt run down and like he was battling a cold. He used Zicam and it never developed into a real cold. He may have had the bug or he may have just been showing signs of high physical exertion. In either event, he's fine now.

His knee is also fine. It apparently was sciatica because the yoga did the trick. The pain migrated up his leg and into his hip. From there the area of pain reduced until it finally left completely. Now all he needs to do is continue these 15 minutes of yoga every day and he will remain pain free.

Now, back at it. His next event is Vineman on July 20. He has 14 weeks between now and then. Plenty of time to get his bike down to sub-3 range. Sub-6 overall is the goal. He's already fit so we can launch right into a couple of Base phases and then Build and Peak.

Along the way we have lots of events we can do. We could really do one every weekend if we wanted to, and all of those within driving distance. We are already signed up for Wildflower on May 3, doing it as a relay.

I think he should do the San Diego bike tour on May 12, probably the 66 mile/106km course. (since I now have a number of Basta's friends and relatives from Europe reading, I'll try to remember to put distances in metric, too. Easier than looking it up yourselves or doing that conversion in your head. Plus, it sounds longer to us. Oooh, Basta's riding 106km! That's a long way!) San Diego is a couple of hours away from us.

There's a Half Marathon at the end of May down in Mission Viejo. 45 minutes away.

There's the Playa Del Run, held about 2 miles/3k from our house. That's an aquathon, a nice little ocean swim followed by a run up the bike path along the beach. It's not a long event, but it's so close to home it's hard to skip.

Then there's the Huntington Beach Pier Swim, another local event, on June 7. Start on one side of the pier and swim around to the other. About 1/2 mile (.8k) total distance. The fun part about that one is that wetsuits aren't allowed, and the water is dang chilly around here. Estimated water temp that time of year is around 67F/19C.

So, busy busy. It will be an active spring & summer. I'm sure other events will pop up, too.

Basta rode his bike with the club yesterday. Their typical short but hilly ride. 32 miles/52K in the canyon. It was very warm and very windy. We set temperature records yesterday. He had a tough ride. He doesn't do wind well and he doesn't do hills well. So it was good training for him.

Today, official rest day. I am working on his master plan and his detailed workouts for next week. He's ready to run again. He likes swimming. He'll ride the bike until he actually enjoys it, too.