65 days to go...

Knees, knees, knees, it's all about the knees... I read somewhere that guys mostly think about one part of their body... well... for runners I guess that would be the knees... at least in my case.
The knee update is that it feels pretty good... no pain... still weak...

Had a 20km indoor bike ride yesterday. My legs felt really good afterwards, kept a 32km/hr average pace so that was fine. Can't wait to start running again! But will try to wait until after I see the knee specialist next Monday.

I put up my race schedule for 2008 on the side bar as well as my times in the races of 2008 so far. Will be fun moving them down as I go through them. Those with sharp attention will see that I have a marathon on the 31st of May and a 1/2 Olympic triathlon on the 1st of June. No, I don't plan to do both. I just can't decide which one to take. Also, I planned to race 16 times this year so with the current plan I can skip three races. I decided to put a bit more races in than I will race due to the fact that I work shifts and due to work I will have to skip some of the races. Although all the big ones I have taken care of already.

My next "big" one. The next big step in my journey into this running/triathlon madness is the 1/2 Ironman. It is scheduled th 15th of June so 65 days to go and I am really looking forward to it. That race is one of the main reasons why I am considering skipping the marathon on the 31st of May. I jsut don't want to risk having weak knees going into the 1/2 Ironman.

Then after the 1/2 Ironman I have 27 days to recover, regroup and taper for the Laugarvegur XTERRA ultra marathon. It is 55km in the mountains. Something I really look forward to. So I want to feel as fresh as I can there. The summer seems to be more or less recovery and tapering. Not much time for regular training. Although I will put in as many km's as possible. Also the smaller races are thought as trainings and I will not taper or need to recover afterwards.

About photos... I have been searching high and low for the cable to connect the camera to my computer, without success. So right now I have a lot of photos from my first marathon but they are stuck in a silver colored metal box.

Also the Boston Marathon is in 10 days I have been reading blogs of people preparing for it... some of which actually travel there this weekend. I get so excited reading about it. For me The Boston Marathon is the same in marathons as Kona is in Ironmans. Maybe I am overstating its importance but that's how I see it and I definetly am going to qualify in 2010, the latest! :)

All the best to those of your running in Boston (or if you have other races coming up)!! enjoy every second but at the same time try to take as few of them as you can!