Virgin Triathlete

If my car broke down, these guys could fix it.

I've been a patient of Dr. Rabbetz at Chiro-medical Group since I injured the mid-thoracic region of my back in a Muay Thai  accident almost 10-years ago. Since then, over the years, through chiropractic care and physical therapy Rabbetz and his team have helped me bounce back from one painful injury after another:  a couple of lower back issues from running and yoga, carpel tunnel from too much design, a shoulder injury from softball, and most recently a knee injury from a tight IT Band. Wow, that's quite a list, maybe I should stop hurting myself.

These guys are athletes themselves and understand how to integrate treatment back into active lifestyles. I'm a big advocate of their integrated, hands-on, approach that combines chiropractic, massage and physical therapy into an extremely effective healing process.

I can't recommend them enough. If it's broke, they'll fix it.

 

Innovative training method: Movie-marathon

When you have an ugly, painful case of strep throat, and a fever of 102, the only training possible is the movie marathon. On Thursday afternoon, my doctor prescribed a 5-day series of antibiotics, ibuprofen and rest – asking me to stay in bed until my fever was down. So that's exactly what I did with my trusty laptop and a duffle-o-movies to keep me company. I'm not sure if my body was run-down from training, traveling, or the holidays... either way it was asking me to just be still.

I don't want to feel down about missing Tri-training, because I'd like to believe there's a reason my body needed this rest. However, it does make me a little bummed that I missed a couple of this weekend's pivotal team events... our first open water swim at Aquatic Park followed by the much talked about Honoree Picnic.

After all my movie-marathon training this weekend, I'm more than ready for the return of my energy and strength so I can get back out there this week. Woo hoo!

Making friends.

I've rekindled some old friendships with dear advil and good ol' ice-pack after this morning's run clinic, followed by a 1600-yd swim, topped off with a 17-mile bike ride through the rolling hills up near China Camp State Park.

Nathalie, my new roommate and Triathlon buddy (pictured here in black tank), has been the generous supplier of a couple of my closest friends, also known as Thera-Med ice-packs which velcro snuggly around the knee. Our household would be incomplete without them.

Behind us are Daniel (an old friend from Goodby days) and Alexis Gallisa. Brothers training to do a triathlon together, which I think is awesome.

Hooray for new, and old, friends!