I'm Back....Kind of

I have been very negligent in writing on my blog over the past month or so.  My life has been turned upside down over the past three weeks for reasons I can not get into right here/now.  I haven't felt like jotting down what has been going on for the simple reason that it doesn't need to be out there just yet.  So....what can I write about?  Well, how about my health and the upcoming race season.

Health
Ugh, not great!  I played indoor soccer about a month ago and injured my left leg and after about two or three weeks I developed a bump right on my hip flexor.  Initially my sports doc thought was a hernia, so I had to go see a surgeon.  At the surgeon's office I was told that it wasn't a hernia.  Great news!  Well, I guess so, except that I still didn't know what the bump was.  Dang!  So back to square one to find out what the heck is wrong with the leg.  I am also dealing with some numbness on the outside of the leg as well, that is the real concern.  The funny thing with all of this is that I have been able to bike on my trainer with out any pain or discomfort.  In fact, I feel better after exercising.

The one other issue I am dealing with is pain in my lower back and that has curtailed any running that I might be doing.  I am really missing running right now, especially with all of the snow and cold weather.  This is my favorite time of the year for running.  I guess I just have to play it day by day.

Up-Coming Season
I took some time today to write down a tentative 2011 Race Schedule and here is what I came up with:

• March 20th - Central Bucks YMCA 5K
• April 17th - UNITE Half Marathon, Rutgers University, NJ
• May 1st - Broad Street Run (10M), Philadelphia, PA
• May 18th - SERTOMA 5K, Doylestown, PA
• May 21st/22nd - JerseyMan Triathlon (Spring/HIM), Clinton, NJ
• June 11th - Lavaman Triathlon, Lavallette, NJ
• July 23rd/24th - NJ State Triathlon, Mercer County, NJ
• August 6th - Born To Tri, Asbury Park, NJ
• August 7th - Steelman Triathlon, Quakertown, PA
• September 10th - Hunterdon Half, Lebanon, NJ
• October 2nd - Pocono 70.3, Stroudsburg, PA 

Not everything above is set in stone, e.g. probably not doing two races the weekend of August 6th.  Also, I may add some additional things in there as the year progresses, but at least this is a starting point for getting my training schedule started.  Of course I need to get health first.  Also, I haven't registered for most of the events either just yet, so there is a possibility that I might not get into some of them.

Oh, the last final bit of news is that I got a new phone, the iPhone 4!  It is awesome!  I absolutely love it.  I have only scratched the surface for what it can do and the apps that I can load on to it.  I need to find some good training apps.  So excited!!

That is it for now.  I am going to try and get back in to writing in this more often and hopefully be able to write some positive things soon.  Cheers!