by Brian Muldowney | Sep 5, 2017 | Ironman Training, Recovery
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...
by Brian Muldowney | Aug 14, 2017 | Ironman Training, Recovery, Training
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...
by Brian Muldowney | Aug 8, 2017 | Ironman Training, Recovery, Training
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...
by Brian Muldowney | Aug 7, 2017 | Ironman Training, Recovery, Training
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...
by Brian Muldowney | Jul 23, 2017 | Ironman Training, Training
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...