A Turning of the Corner

Things are going swimmingly in the training arena. I'm finally to a point where I'm willing to push a bit on my weightlifting (hence the strained left bicep) and I'm getting on the bike on a regular basis. This is where it starts to get fun and scary at the same time as I'm approaching the point where in the past my knees have begun to chronically ache. I do get what I believe is phantom pain occasionally, but I've taken it so slowly and deliberately that after a 7 mile run yesterday, no knee pain to speak of at all. I see this as a highly positive sign. I did push a little harder than I thought prudent yesterday, but my god, the slow pace was killing me. I'm starting to think that the heart rate monitor works great for the first hour, but then slowly the heart rate increases and the pace has to decrease at the same time, to the point where I'm all but walking but feel like I can maintain or even increase the pace. We will watch this and be mindful of the old knees and various other creaking joints.

One problem I'm encountering is that on the evenings I have a good, long workout, I'm so amped up that I can't get to sleep and then the next day I'm exhausted. I'll have to adjust my training to avoid fatigue, which is a season killer/work performance killer.