Another week in the bag.  Lots of pills taken, feeling a little better. I’ve been feeling pretty good actually, both my foot and knee have been feeling a lot better lately.  Not that my knee has hurt too much since the swelling went away a few weeks ago, but there has been some slight pain and tightness when I bend it too much.  The biking has been going really well, though after two hilly rides my knee hurt a little more than usual.  It is also hard to remember to take my antibiotics, though I’ve only actually forgotten once.  On Friday I’m not sure why I decided to ride to work, it was raining and in the 40’s.  Obviously, I got soaked and even my windbreaker pants got soaked through.  Good thing I had planned on changing at work.  The ride home was still cool but not raining.  Then on Friday and Saturday night we had frost/freeze warnings out, yuck.  Actually, during the day on Saturday there was hail/snow coming down occasionally. Check out this picture a friend took in northern MN.

On Sunday, I finally got my lazy butt out and off the bike and went to the YWCA and did some aqua-jogging, using a belt.  The doctor wants me to avoid the impact of running but is fine with me aqua jogging. I didn’t think to do any research, but strapped on the belt, hopped in and started jogging in place.  It is actually rather boring, but it helped that I started doing little circles in my lane.  I jogged for 10 minutes and didn’t feel my heart rate really coming up at all, even after I increased my turnover so I swam for 150 meters before jogging for 5 more minutes.  After any good pool time a hot tub is a must and that felt relaxing!  Have you ever aqua jogged? Got any tips?

Weekly totals:

Biking – 29.7 miles

Swimming – 150 meters

Aqua Jogging – 15 minutes

This week’s ONE POST is my race review of the 2009 Lake Minnetonka Half Marathon