Hi Womens, thanks for getting us started Dr. Tigerchik.
My week was TBD since I was traveling for work and still trying to get back on my feet. I'm feeling a little better almost every day and managed to run and swim twice, bike four times, and do one heavily modified yoga class -- everything I did this week was short and easy. My fourth bike was a trip to the Velodrome to take a 101 class on riding there. It was the most fun I've ever had on two wheels --
soon me and MidtownMiles will be slingshotting across USA :D
I really loved riding fast along the top and feeling the G-force too -- I can't imagine how the pros feel.
Last week, I updated the thread with a mostly happy update and some weird stuff with my heart rate.
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I averaged 20+ bpm higher than it would be usually be on a run like that (of similar pace/temp/elevation) and the cardiac drift was crazy too, I ran the same pace the whole time at a pace that would usually be low aerobic with little drift -- by the end of this run my HR was in my super threshold ... have a call into my doctor about this and won't run or bike again at any intensity until I make some sense of this.
I do HRV and my resting heart rate was up on average 30+ bpm too. I went back to the doctors when I got home and it's supposedly all pharmaceutical. I'm being transitioned to different drugs that I've been on before. I'm a little bummed about this because the new drugs were clearly working better than anything has ever worked (ex. running in just over two weeks versus two months!) but I'd prefer not to have my heart explode and I won't mind getting rid of some of the other icky side effects as well.
So, this week -- I'm just taking it all day by day. I have a doctor appointment tomorrow and on Friday. Hoping to swim and bike three times each and keep testing out a few runs. It'll all be easy for the time being. Hoping my heart rate settles down in the next day or two.
I hope everyone has a happy, healthy week of training.
(Formerly SoCalTricurious, now in the PNW).