First of all, please honor our veterans. They are the most amazing individuals in our country, and I feel honored to call one of our servicemen a very good friend of mine. They deserve so much more respect than we give them, and we are so blessed to have our armed forces. Please take the time, not just today, but all year to thank our current members of the armed forces and our veterans. God Bless America.
Now, over the past 2 weeks or so, I was feeling a little high up on my saddle height. I was starting to have the symptoms of Iliotibial Band Syndrome, so I needed to get myself checked out. So I took my bike to the shop on Saturday and talked to the original fitter who put me on my S5 and asked him about the height. He said it looked fine and that I just needed to adjust my saddle angle. I didn't really like this answer, and so I got myself looked at by a different bike fitter, one who has been a bike fitter since 1986. He gave me exactly what I wanted to hear-I was about 2.5 centimeters high! Not millimeters, but centimeters! That was crazy, so no wonder I was having Iliotibial band problems. Regardless, my advice is if you have a great bike fitter, then go with his/her first judgment, but if you feel uncomfortable, get yourself checked out by a different bike fitter, because odds are, the opinions will be very different. This is KEY for preventing injuries and it is very important to do so, to ensure great training for a long time.
For memorial day, I traveled to the beach with my best friend and his family to enjoy the sand and sun for the day. The weather forecast looked bleak at first, but as the day went on, it became an amazing, beautiful day. As soon as we arrived, I was quick to jump on the opportunity to go for a good long run on the beach, barefoot, and just to be at one with the ocean and its community. So I set out at a decent pace and just enjoyed the sights and smells for a while. Then something hilarious happened-to understand who must know that two buddies of mine went to the beach without me and to make up for leaving without me brought me back a customized shirt that said "Super Triathlete" on the front, and my only original quote "Beaches aren't long enough" on the back. Today, as I ran past multiple piers, I reached the end of the beach. It curved around into a peninsula and just stopped. I got back to where my friend was laying out and told him about the run, and he said "Dude, your shirt!" I said "Yes! That's perfect, it's actually true!" It was a great laugh between the both of us, and a lot of fun.
So, do any of you guys ever get blisters from running? I definitely do, just because I always run on hot asphalt roads for long periods of time. I've started using moisture-wicking socks, and they've helped a little bit, but I still get blisters worse than anyone else I've met, and they suck. Today I was running BAREFOOT on the BEACH and I got three extremely painful blood blisters! They can really screw up your day, and I'm not really sure how to get rid of them-anyone? I could use some help in that field if you've got any suggestions. Thanks guys!
Here's a funny story-it's about rip currents. So today me and my buddy were out swimming in the ocean, and to get to the larger waves we swam out farther into open water. We were probably around 500 to 600 feet off of the shoreline, about even with how far a pier reaches out into the ocean. Well, we got concerned with how far out we were, and so we began our long swim in. We were swimming with our heads above water, and easily conversing, when we saw through a break in a wave, a lifeguard standing on a 4-wheeler looking out at us. As the next wave passed, the one lifeguard had become three lifeguards. The next wave; 6 lifeguards. Then a rescue vehicle! I asked him, laughing, "Dude, are we in trouble?" He just laughed for a while. Then, to our surprise, we saw two lifeguards swimming out towards us! We were both good swimmers, and we were fine, which the lifeguards acknowledged, but we had to be towed in regardless. Once we arrived on shore, we were informed that we had been involved in the largest rip current that the guards had seen this entire summer, and that is was crazy that we were even able to swim against it. It was a unique experience, being in a rip current. Nonetheless, it can be scary. Be careful when you guys are at the beach, because I know that a lot of you do open water swims in the ocean. So if you feel a large pulling force, then continue swimming parallel, because lifeguards aren't always there to save you! Just be careful everybody.
Best of luck in all of your training!
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