Foot Update

I went to a podiatrist on Tuesday since my foot has been acting up again. I heard the worst 2 words I could have heard...Stress Fracture - 3rd metatarsal. Seriously? Oh yes, no running for 6 weeks. Great! I didn't want to do good or anything this year anyway - being VERY sarcastic. As of now, I don't have a cast or anything on it, but if the pain doesn't go away within 3 weeks, I have to go back and get a boot cast put on. So I will not be running for 4 weeks and then weeks 5 and 6 I will get on the eliptical and see how that feels. After 6 weeks, I will have 4 weeks until my first races - Dam to Dam and Bluff Creek Triathlon - same weekend. I am going to have to forget about having a PR for those 2 events (atleast for the Dam to Dam and the running part of the triathlon) because I won't have built enough mileage back up to do any speed work. I will barely just get enough mileage in to finish them. Probably end of June before I can to do any real speed work. I think I am most dissapointed because I wanted to do really well for my first races. Other than that, I dont really think the long miles will help me in the Ironman anyway. I will still have to walk most of it, lol. Now I have added weight training back into my schedule 3 days a week and I am going to try to get in a 4th or maybe 5th day of swimming. I will definately up the intensity on the bike to help me keep my endurance that I have already built and perhaps add a 6th day of biking. In a couple weeks, I am hoping to get out on the mountain bike and work on hills since that is my weakness, but that is putting the pressure on my foot where it hurts. I will have to wait and see. Seeing my new disc wheel helps to ease the pain :)

To Disc Wheel - A Zipp 900 to be exact

I just wanted to share with all of you my recent purchase :) It's so pretty. I was looking at the HED Jet disc wheel, but on a whim I decided to check out and see what ebay had to offer. Since they didnt have any HED Jet discs, I checked out what they had for Zipps. I found this sweet piece of equipment. The ad says it is an '08, but those graphics are pre '08, so my guess is the guy bought it early '08. He owns a bike shop and never even used it yet. No cassette mounted on it, ever. And since Zipp hasn't changed anything from their '07 to their '08 model (or '09 for that matter), it is bascially a brand new wheel. I can't wait to get it out on the road. I can't believe how much it looks like a Sub9. I will have to compare it straight up with a sub9 to see any difference.

To disc wheel or to not disc wheel

I am sitting here this morning waiting for it to warm up a little more outside before I go running. The thought of buying a disc wheel has entered my mind again. The Zipp Sub9 is out based first on cost and second, it doesn't come in a clincher. I have it narrowed down to the HED Jet Disc. I also want to get a sweet decal for it. Thinking of the spiral one. I am waiting for a price from the local bike shop and now it is just a matter of when I want to pull the trigger to get it. I thought this would be the year to get it for sure because I will have such long races on it and I will get the most benefit from it. I have until the end of May to decide if I am going to get it for sure. If anyone has any experience with this disc wheel, let me know. I would love to know more about it other then everything else that has been printed on the internet. Well I am off for my 1:45 run for today.
Side note: I did finish my first 3 hour bike ride Friday night. My legs were tired when I was done, but not sore the next day. I am hoping they hold up today for the run. The warm weather should help a lot.