No more hockey, no more FUN!

Sigh. The worst part about marathon training is the lack of FUN sometimes. 'Cause...

You can't fall down.
You can't tweak your knee, hip, ankle, back....
You can't aggravate old muscles, already tired.

I played hockey on Sun - nothing crazy, just passing the puck to 4-5yos, so they could line themselves up for the goal shot or chase a puck across ice sparkling in February sunshine, but one thing leads to the other and suddenly you're dodging little bodies, back and forth, left and right, and lining yourself up for your own shot. Goal!

Nope, I didn't fall, didn't make a misstep, but I did push the connective tissue on the right side of my left knee just a wee bit too far.

It hurts. It's hurt for 2 days now.
Getting better, for sure, but I'm hesitant about running on it and won't for another day, I think.

And the decision has been made:
I'm going to be BORING until April 22nd.

The erg...

...is a heck of a lot easier when you have been doing other exercise! 30 minutes today in between the furnace cleaning and getting myself to work. We have 2-3 inches of snow on the ground, but the roads are clear and the electricity went back on at 1am last night in spite of the wind and the trees looking like a winter wonderland. Brynna is fascinated with it. She would not stop looking out the window at all this "white stuff".

It's funny how certain type of workouts bring out the thought process. I've got a good sense now how I'm going to approach the fund raising side of things and manage my seemingly long list of folks to contact. Bits and pieces of my funding raising letter are coming together as well....hmm, maybe I should keep erging?!?