Not what I expected to hear!

After everyone's comments about either loving or hating the wetsuit, our unseasonably cooler summer (more than likely colder water temps), and rain in the forecast for Saturday's first open water swim, I decided to rent a wetsuit to try it out. What if I'm like those that can't stand it, I don't want to find out on race day!

Jay came with me to the running store on Sunday to check out what they had and figure it all out. Based on my height and weight (yes, I had to publicly disclose this information to not one employee, but two, and they wrote it down on paper!!) only one of the two options was available to try on. So I did. Jay stood directly outside of the change-room, and laughed as he overheard me trying to pull on the tightest article of clothing I will probably ever squeeze into. Even I had to laugh! Once done, I felt like I had done a proper workout.... after doing that, now I'd need to do a triathlon!?

I wasn't going to come out from behind the safety of the cloth curtain, but figured it would be better to show the store employee to ensure a proper fit. Deep breath, slide the curtain to one side, and Jay says, 'wow, you look great!' Ummm, I'm in a wetsuit, and it's tight, wtf are you looking at??! I then caught my own reflection in a mirror and noticed that my thighs didn't jiggle as I walk (cuz they can't!), and my stomach, it was flatter (yes, it also had nowhere to go!)! Hmmm! Jay commented that if he could walk around in a wetsuit everywhere to achieve a flatter side profile and not be laughed at, he totally would!

The employee however said that the forearms were too loose, as well as the neck area, but being that this was a unisex suit, he wasn't too surprised. The other of the two options is a women's cut, so he preferred that I try that one on, which I'll go do today. Never thought I'd be willingly getting myself into a wetsuit, knowing I'd be wearing it in front of complete strangers. lol. This triathlon stuff must either be messing with my head, or perhaps giving me a bit of confidence that I've never had!

Monday was a short 3k run, finally finding a pace that I wasn't totally disappointed with, followed by a swim. Tuesday was a 30k group ride (rode easy for the first half, opened up for the second half) during the threat of rain, thankfully it didn't deliver anything more than a drizzle. Wednesday was the first time running hills since my injury, 2k warm up and 3 hills was the plan, but I only ran 2 hills, not wanting to overdo it -- even though there was no pain.

I've been trying to break in a new pair of shoes to rotate in with my favorite pair that are getting close to retirement. Despite slathering my feet with Body Glide, and using my double-layer Wright socks, I still managed to get a blister on my left heel! Ugh. While stretching I noticed that my leg was slightly tender near the site of my "supposed" stress fracture ("supposed" because I never bothered to redo the bone scan, MRI isn't until Sept 30th -- so never really got a confirmation if it was muscle or bone), even though we treated it a stress fracture. Today, nothing. No pain. At all.

For those of you who have read my blog for a while, know my susceptibility to injury, and worry that I'm 'doing too much too soon' with running, let me put your mind at ease, and put it into perspective. Since June 26th, the day I got the go-ahead to run, I've run 29.97k. TOTAL!! In almost a month! I've run more than that at one time! My approach has been measured and with caution.

Off to the pool after our run last night, and I did the distance of the Try-a-Tri swim in a consistent set! YAY! Now I know it can be done... by me! :) Now I'm really looking forward to Saturday's open water swim!

Once I finish the cross-training of trying on a few wetsuits, today will be a rest day. ahhhh

I know this was a long post, if you made it this far, thanks for sticking with me... see what happens when I'm too busy to post for a few days! :D