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I am declaring this a rest week. Weather has been bizarre and my left hip kind of hurts. I think there's something going on with my tri bike fit now. If it's not one thing it's another. I have been riding the tri bike on the trainer, and it feels fine while it's happening, however a day or two later I end up with a pretty awful ache in my left hip/lower back area. I think my second knee replacement really threw off my bike fits on every bike; likely because my legs are more even now, extension and flexion match up, and I have comparable strength in each leg. I probably don't need my shims anymore. 
 -- Monday | OFC | Zwift  
 -- Tuesday | WFH | Dinner with Rachael 
 -- Wednesday | OFC -- 5:30 PM massage -- Chris leaves for Atlanta
 -- Thursday | WFH | Zwift 
 -- Friday | WFH  
 -- Saturday | OTF 9:45 AM 
 -- Sunday | Zwift or bike outside? Switch Sat & Sun?? 
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Ugh work.  Work is SO much Work!  My brain is regularly fried at the end of the day. I am grateful for something engaging, but I'm also tired.
I am going to run club tonight for the first time in a long while.  Should be fun!  I'll do my short run/walk and then stay for the camaraderie. 
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Core Set 1

1. Seated Toe Touch
2. Bridge
3. Lumbar Grounding
4. Isometric Dead Bug
5. Hop Rotation
6. Bird Dogs

Plus
calf stretches
balance pad knee lifts w/3s
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Finally got through the night with just tylenol last night!! Yay!! Nate's admin assistant's boyfriend works for a medical device company, and they sent over a super fancy ice machine for me to use. I hadn't tried it yet because my splint isn't all hard and I couldn't bear the thought of any pressure on my leg before now, but I finally tried it last night and it is the BEST. THING. EVER. I did 25 minutes over my splint, then 25 minutes on my upper leg/knee, and it made the swelling I get in the evenings so much better. When I woke up sore at 3 am, I used it again to decrease the swelling, took a couple of tylenol, and then actually slept like a baby until Owen came down for school at 7:30. I wouldn't say I was comfortable, but that was the best I've felt in the morning since coming home. 
Cleaners are here right now, and I feel bad because I know Nate didn't pick everything up as much as I do, lol. One of them only speaks Spanish, and she came in and gave me a very heartfelt-so[...]
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Pretty obviously constipated and bloated...too much sodium and careless binging.
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7:45am: Happy Veteran's Day and thank you to all who have and who still are serving our country. 
For anyone interested in the BT Afterlife, after just a little bit of research, I've come across the BuddyBoss plug-in for Wordpress that looks promising (https://www.buddyboss.com/use-cases/clubs-associations/). Anyone have any experience with that? 
I have a family calendar project that I need to get done and dusted and then I'll spin up some trials of the products to see what it looks like. 
On a side note, I really need to export all of my race reports; I'd be crushed if this site went black and I didn't have that information.
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Foam rolled and stretched. Sickies/allergies gone, yay!
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