the recovery week

monday again already huh? last week was supposed to be a "recovery" week in my training.......not that i havn't been doing good, but i definately didn't feel like a deserved a recovery yet. :) i had four days off in a row making for some good training time, yes! tuesday i went for a nice 7 mile run with becky and capi (one of my favorite puppies). i felt great and barely made it to my physical therapy appointment! when i walked in he was working with a high school volleyball player (brought back some memories). i was doing on legged squats and he commented how my left leg was shakey (tired) and i mentioned that running 7 miles prior to his therapy (code for workout!) wasn't the best idea. the volleyball player's jaw dropped! "7 miles!". my physical therapist laughed and told her, "katy does ironman triathlons and runs marathons, don't ever do that!". we all laughed...(still doing my one legged squats). i remember vividly thinking that 7 miles was basically comparable to a marathon. i do have to say i'm living how i always wanted to live. i always knew endurance racing was what i LOVED i just never knew i would actually do it and LOVE it. i was watching "without limits" the steve prefontaine movie the other day (i always stop it before he dies)......and my favorite part is when they are recruiting him to run at oregon, and he says to the guys....."how 'bout an easy ten guys". i remember thinking the first time i saw it, EASY ten!?! those words don't go together!! (at the time my long run was 5 miles!). now, i'm not happy unless i can bust out a hard 10...and enjoy every step. that's where i like my fitness to be. 10 miles? no big deal. so back on track with my week! wednesfday i did the typical spin/swim out at clovis north's new amazing pool. thursday i had PT and a nice easy run. friday i took the ol' machine out for a ride....it was so nice. i just did a quick 40 miles out to the store and back. there are soooo many dead snakes on the road though, by the way! man. i can't help but squeal as i go by either! i know they are pretty well, flattened, but i can't help myself! luckily no one else was out friday, cuz i was squealing up a storm. i saw at least 5 large dead snakes, yuck! blah! eeeaeea! moving on. by friday night i was TIRED and decided to take the weekend completely off. i worked saturday and sunday.....and here i am....ready to start all over. this week has a nice twist to it, as i just found out i'm 100% for sure going to the grand canyon for the 4th of july, yay! today i got a nice swim in, tuesday will be swim/spin, wed&thurs i'll just spend time on the bike to and from work, and friday a.m. hopefully i'll get a couple miles of running in before i sit in the car for 9 hours! agh! wish me luck as this should be a wondeful, fun, hot, horrible, hysterical, atypical, memorable weekend! don't forget to take the poll if you havn't already!! agh, who cares i'm going! done and done.