Springwater Bike Path Run

I wimped out on running Sunday because it was raining all day and very dark and gloomy. So today after yoga and before work it stopped raining and the Jeep said it was 67 degrees out. Got changed and headed to Gresham city park for the trailhead to the Springwater bike path and of course it started raining again. Then it started pouring and I was about to leave when it let up to a sprinkle.
Started running at a good pace and about 3/4 mile into the run my back and upper right leg started spasming. So I walked a little and then stopped and did bends trying to find relief. I thought I was done running for awhile- but they loosened enough to start running, albeit very slowly. After I got back to the trailhead the spasming was manageable so I went the other way for awhile and then turned around. The last half mile I got back to an 8:30 pace. Did four miles in 37:46 for a 9:26 pace and got soaked. Going to work the rain got worse and puddles were forming on the streets as they flooded. Then at work I looked out and it was torrential type rain. I'd never run right after yoga, maybe that caused the back pain? Or it was time for the back to do it's normal periodic tightening on me.

During swim class, Denise my teacher invited me to the triathlon swim at 6:00 AM on Saturday in wetsuits. Swimming in a pool with a wetsuit is much easier. We did 1500 meters in intervals. At first I was struggling to keep up and then Denise pushed my feet up level with the water when she was drafting me and it made my head go to the proper position and I was much faster then. After the swim, the group went in the club and set up our bikes and did a spinning class doing intervals. It's much harder using my bike than one of the spinning bikes. Then of course Denise invited me to go to coffee with her and Kevin and three girls. We all agreed over coffee to do 2 half ironmans this year (2007) and a full in 2008. I guess I'm in training!