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Ouch.

I blew my “good” shoulder out today, and man… {insert your choice of profanity here}.

Be careful out there, folks.

I’ve been training a lot the last couple of weeks, and I came into Wednesday’s practice tired and worn out from the double this past weekend, and a really tough workout yesterday.

Did training hard cause me to screw up and get hurt?

No… but I wasn’t feeling sharp tonight, I wasn’t on my “A” game, and when I blew out of the (crappy, worn-out) pedal on my practice bike, maybe I wasn’t quite as fluid as I would have been otherwise.

I didn’t even fall down, but in the process of not falling… BAM! Separated shoulder.

Ouch.

So, be careful. Feeling tired, been training hard? Be extra careful!

End of sermon!

For the Workout Of The Day, I am once again going to give you a couple of options:

– Racing on Saturday? Take it easy today. Racing on Saturday and Sunday? Definitely take it easy.

Not a full-on recovery day, but go short and easy-ish. Throw in a couple of efforts so your body doesn’t go into shut-down mode, but make ‘em super short, and just one or two of ‘em. We’re talking something along the lines of “sprint for that town line sign on your way home.” Other than that, keep it in the little ring today

– Racing on Sunday? The ideal workout for today is The Slow Roast:

https://crosssports.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/workout-of-the-day-for-thursday-108/

Give it a shot if you can. If you’re in the Seattle area, the weather outside is frightful… and spending a couple of hours outside just cruising along isn’t delightful (cut me some slack, I’m in pain here, OK?)

You can do this workout on the trainer… but cut it in half. Cruise for an hour to an hour and a half. Hell, if you’re doing it outside and it’s as awful as it looks to be, cut it in half. All the other guidelines from the linked workout hold true.

OK, time for me to go get some more ice.

Have fun!

M

~ by crosssports on November 19, 2009.

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