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What a great weekend to get back into it. First off, thanks to everyone for the well-wishes with my back injury... I'm very happy to report that with great care, plenty of heat, and some delicie-oh-so coffee, the back mended itself just fine by the end of the week. Wednesday and Thursday I put in some quality time on the trainer to ease back into things - Thursday with a swim preceding the bike, where both felt rather good, actually. Friday was another good day with several hours on the bike. Whereas Wednesday and Thursday I kept things rather light, I started dropping the cadence and upping the power a bit on Friday to really test my back. All was good.

Saturday the sun was shining and the weather looked promising for a good long-ride. I wound up putting in a solid 50 miles (49 of which were into a headwind), meandering my way up through horse-country in Saratoga Springs. After a delightful solo ride, I met up with my lovely Liz for lunch on Main Street followed by cappuccinos at the corner 'bucks before calling it a day. Life doesn't get much sweeter.

Rounding out the weekend, I put my back through the final test today by pounding out a solid 80 minute 10 mile run under the cool morning clouds on Easter morning. When all was said and done, I was thrilled to have healed up and gotten back into things as quickly as I did. Very fortunate, I know. Despite losing a week of high-intensity work, I still managed to keep things moving along, while at the same time, keeping things easy enough to promote healing. A perfect balance. Now, folks, we can get started with the harder stuff.

Thanks for reading.