by Brian Muldowney | Jul 10, 2017 | Training
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...
by Brian Muldowney | Jul 1, 2017 | Recovery
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...
by Brian Muldowney | Jun 25, 2017 | Recovery
Beginning the Week of Firsts On Wednesday, June 21st, I went to the Lahey Medical Center to have my neck x-rayed and met with the Nurse Practitioner in Neurosurgery about the next steps in my treatment. Well, the short of it is, there are no next steps. After a short...
by Brian Muldowney | Jun 18, 2017 | Support
It was five weeks ago today that I woke up in the hospital not knowing where I was. Today is also Father’s Day, and I am grateful to be here with my family on this day. In reality, I might not be here if it weren’t for the person who watched me crash and...
by Brian Muldowney | Jun 13, 2017 | Recovery
When I left the hospital three days after my crash, I had to pull off all sorts of things stuck to my body. One of those things was a heart shaped bandage pad stuck to my tail bone. I think I said, “What the hell is this for? Did I get road rash there...