Tomorrow

Tomorrow marks the day I will get my first indoor trainer. I have a feeling this will help in recovery and get me on track to healthy training. The last couple of weeks I have been going to the gym and streching. This has helped out so my and I have become more limber which will help me become a stronger athlete.

getting lose

Holly is at the point where she could have Preston. Going to an exciting year for us. on the triathlon front. I have no plans except for being healthy. I have some knee pain. My main issue is over working it in the early stage of training. Over working myself when I'm just starting out. Need to understand light workouts for the first 3 months. I have a feeling that Preston will be a big influence for me to get my training right. 

  J

Workin

Back on and back off. I started off slow not to injure myself, but in the pool pushing off the wall I tweaked my shin. I been off for a couple of days and hope to be back on in the coming days. 

What make this such a great day is the fact Holly and I finally got a name. Preston Bennjiman Matulewicz. I was lying in bed a couple of days ago and Preston came out of my mouth not really thinking about it but trying to come up with some more names. Preston, Holly nodded. A few days passed, we were with CNWS at clink in the liberty hotel having brunch when Charlie asked us about names. Emil, Orin and a couple of others, all were shot down but when Preston was said it struck a cord. Holly 's father used his middle name Ben. So it made sense to use Bennjiman for his middle name. The name just seems right for us, a name from Holly's father, Bennjiman and something new Preston and Matulewicz. I feel we have a winner. So for all who reads my blog the name is a secret. j

Been a bit

So I just came off a big rest. I last ran about 3 weeks ago when I did a relay with wicked. I figured I would take a couple of days off to rest my knee. Well a few days turned into three weeks, four days after the relay I got really sick and I have just started to recover. I would like to say my knee is better after all this time but it still feels sore. I have a feeling I have to start o strengthen it for it to get better. In the next couple of days I'll be back on the bike and in the pool. Just got fins and paddles and I'm dying to use them. My friend Jules has been wanting to go running so I think I'll be running in the next week.

hard day in a silver lining

4:30 am the alarm goes off. snooze, 4:40 snooze. Finally at 4:50 we get up get ready and out the door. Holly, Lou Dawg and I in the car and on our way to NH to run a relay race around some lake. I really had no idea were it was but after 2 hrs and some wrong turns we end up at start 30 min before the gun went off. I am running the third leg of the race and still had 3 hours before I had to run. Off for some sramble and to watch some of the runner. Warm up went well. 30 mins later I'm off to run. First mile is a 11% grade, ran it no porb, 3 and half more of some big rollers and I'm feeling great. My cardio is doing great, my knee is holding out and bamm. My legs give out, 2 months of not running and swimming almost everyday dose not make for happy legs after five miles of steep hils and descents. I still have 4 miles of hills to got and nothing in my legs. The strange thing the rest of me feels fine, just my legs. The last four mile were hard run stop run, at the end I had this girl tell me not to give up and come with her. she pushed me when I did not want to go, but I went. She started to pull away and I picked it up. I passed her and told her it is my turn to pull, all the way to the finish. Sore as hell but I'm better for it. I know to run you need to run. I need to heal and then I am running.

The silver lining I got to spend the whole day with Holly and Lou. We also made a new friend Mo.

It was great seeing Holly and dawg on the side of the road cheering. Made me real happy, Can't wait to see Holly and Emil there next year hold signs, sitting in their fold up chairs.

Love you Holly.

j 

Workin it

Emil is on his way, he is kicking like a rock star. Holly and I are going to birthing class which is a pain, our teacher is so bad, I just want run out. I am so happy I can sit through it though. Been swimming, getting faster, stronger, just bought some paddles and fins which will enable me to swim faster.

I have a race on sat in NH. A relay with the wicked running club. My leg is  9.5 miles of hills. I hope my knee will hold up, it has been getting better. I think the healing is almost done.I should be fine and if the knee is unhappy I feel it will not put me back to far.

J

on the bike

Back on the bike. It feels good but what is better than that is Emil is kicking like a rock star, I have not felt him yet but Holly has said he has been rocking out.

j