Hope To Run Again Before End Of The Year

Got up and rode much earlier than I am accustomed to.  The Sun had probably been up about an hour and it was nice to ride with it just rising above the ocean.  The wind was little or nothing on my ride out.  And picked up a little riding back, which helped.  The humidity was extreme and the temp was about 78ºf.  I am not used to seeing so many runners and other cyclists.  It was nice to have the company.  I just rode 10 out and 10 back on the beach road.  This was the flattest course I have ever ridden.  I pedaled probably 98% of the ride. 

20.06 - 1:06:59

After being on my feet most of the day in the sand and surf on top of my bike ride my legs were tight this morning.  I am trying to ride every other day, as every day seems to hurt my leg.  So I jumped in the pool and put my swim fins on.  I have only used them once since getting the stress fracture.  The last time it ached my leg.  I just freestyle kicked and held a kickboard against the wall to keep myself afloat.  The pool probably is 20 feet in length, so no laps.  After 10 minutes my quads burned a little.  Next I aqua jogged for 20 minutes.  This pool is 5ft at its deepest.  So I had to use my arms more to raise my body in the water so my feet would not scrape the bottom.  The deeper water only had an area of a few feet.  I felt like a prisoner pacing back and forth in a small cell.  But I am happy to get in some type of workout.

Woke up and found there was a Northeast wind and humid.  So I rode North into the wind on the way out, so it would be at my back on the way in.  The coolest thing I saw was as the Sun rose over the ocean in the East, a full moon was setting over the sound in the West.  They were about equal distance above the horizon and the Moon almost appeared to be as large as the Sun.  I am sure this is not an uncommon event.  But I never get up this early and do not have a 360º view of the horizon where I live.

Good ride overall.

15.1 - 49:57

Woke up stiff, sore, and sunburned.  My chest is sore from bodyboarding.  And I was slammed so many times by shorebreaks while bodysurfing I have rashes from the sand from my knees to my shoulders.  No ride was planned today, so it worked out.  I did not have the energy to aqua jog like I had hoped though.  I really hated being in such a confined space in the little pool yesterday.

16.11 - 54:41

Still on beach vacation.  Headwind last 8 miles.