OK , sorry for the absence, but this is probably mostly for my sanity and not yours anyway. Things are getting on track, but not without much issue. Experiencing ridiculous tightness when running still. It's become a real fat pain.  I've been diligently doing my Physical Therapist visits and homework, have been to the massage therapist (she beat the h$%& out of me) and am still increasing training slowly. The running is really not encouraging. I'm hoping to turn a corner here. I mean I'm able to run for an hour without issue, but then a day later, all sorts of tightness and weird pains. Like Charlie Horses again. Ran five or six miles the other day, real easy, with the dog, and two days later it still felt like some one hit me in the lower leg with a hammer. real joy. 

That said, real encouraging Postal Hour Swim training going on. I'm feeling my pace coming back and my stroke is lengthening a bit. Getting comfortable. Still not where I was last year, but with the baby and all the Lyme crap, I was about 60,000 meters short of last years swim volume (to this point in the year). Last year I managed a bit over two miles in the hour swim (Note- I lose much time at the wall since I only flip turn in sprints, I open turn if I'm going for an hour). Anyhow, I hope to get about 3500 for the team and anything over that is gravy this year. The problem there is cramping during the hour. We did 30 minutes continuous the other night and that was fine save for a bit of tightness in my right shoulder and lat, but no cramps until the fin set (no brainer there, I guess).

So I'll try to report more regularly now that things are swinging into gear. I have a travel trip for work to Denmark upcoming in February. Not really looking forward to it too much, but I guess I'll run quite a bit over there, if I'm up to that.

More soon, MW