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Week of Mope

So this has been a tough week.
My right shoulder has tendinitis from what I assume is overuse with swimming.  I injured that shoulder 4 years ago doing P90x.  I have been building up to a mile swim over the past 2 months. This should be plenty of time for my shoulder to acclimate.  Form issue? Yeah, probably.
I'm also feeling a general malaise as summer wears on and there are no races happening.  I think I need to actually be entered in a race to feel alive and viable.  I was looking at the Blue Ridge Tri on Sunday but I'm going to shelf that because I need to rest my shoulder.
Mountain biking is dubious because of the shoulder. Pretty much everything except running is out of the question.  I have full range of motion in the shoulder but it has random burn and has a dull ache.  I have tried RICE.  I am on day 5 of rest although I did run/bike on Sunday and again on Tuesday. Soooo...maybe that really wasn't rest.
All I can do to stay sane is RUN!

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