I had big plans for 2017. I signed up for my second full Ironman (Ironman Arizona) and planned on crushing my 1st Ironman time by an hour or two. My other plans included the Patriot Half 70.3 in June and Lake Placid 70.3 in September. Things didn’t go as planned but all things considered, I had […]
I’ve only ridden outside two times before heading to Lake Placid. Luckily, I’ve built up some fitness on the bike with the trainer, but my tongue surgery pushed me back a little. I’ve been pretty much on a liquid diet since the surgery and don’t feel like I have the same stamina from before the […]
On August 17th, just about a week after my tongue surgery, I got back on the road again with my road bike. I wanted to do it earlier, but with the weather, my surgery and work – I just didn’t manage to do it. It would have made sense to do it earlier since we […]
My training has taken a backseat to recovering from tongue surgery. On August 10th, I had surgery to fix a flap that was created from my upper teeth slicing into my tongue. Before this took place, I was presented with the option of staying awake for the surgery and just using a gazillion shots of […]
I am starting to see some gains in swimming and running this week, July 31st – August 6th. I also managed to lose my temporary crown on Tuesday during my open water swim class. It is somewhere at the bottom of Naticook and I didn’t realize it until I was half way home from class. […]
I am definitely getting closer to normal with this week of training, July 24th – 30th. Although I continue to have daily headaches with varying degrees of pain due to my concussion and limited range of motion with my head/neck, I was able to complete more than ten hours of training a week two weeks […]
I had another week of firsts for this week of training, July 17th – 23rd. I got in my first open water swim of the year. I also did my first bike ride over two hours since May 6th and my first run over an hour since May 7th. All went well, but I was most […]
I’m a little late in posting my 2nd week back to training, mostly because I have been overwhelmed with work, which is a good problem to have right now. I managed to get almost 9 hours of training in this week. I received the green light from the Nurse Practitioner to start running on the 14th and did […]
First Full Week Back to Training for an Ironman Well sort of. I was able to train for eight hours total – biking on the trainer and pool running this week. I also managed to get my average heart rate and resting heart rate down over the week. Since I started paying attention to my […]
My crash was seven weeks ago today and this week was a good week. I had a follow-up visit with my nurse practitioner yesterday. The first question she asked was “Are you starting to feel normal again?”I told her I felt good and was getting back to normal. My sleep has gotten better. I have […]
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