Obstacles and Set backs

Now matter how motivated I've been this week, there have been some major obstacles I've had to overcome. It's a recovery week, which means I cut my volume in half and do some performance testing to see where I'm at. My first test was a  30 minute treadmill run to estimate my lactate threshold heart rate (LTH). I did that Monday night during my son's guitar lesson. All was going well, and I was feeling great until the 18th minute of my run. My shorts somehow got tangled with the emergency stop line and prematurely ended my run. I restarted and ran for 12 more minutes. The end result was a my best guesstimate, which I  hate to do for testing! The only thing accurate about the test was my Average Heart Rate, which was a little high at 165 bpm. But it was a test, and I was pushing it, so I wasn't too concerned. So my best guess is 3.6 miles in 30 minutes, which comes out to 8:49 m/mile pace. It's an improvement, and I can live with it as long as I'm not too far off in my estimation.

Then, what I thought might end my pursuit to complete an Ironman 70.3! Tuesday night I started having chest pains at work. I left early and ended up spending the night at the hospital. I was released the next morning and the cardiologist on duty reassured me that it wasn't my heart. My EKG and blood work came back negative! I didn't even have to do the stress test. After all that, the worst part of being in the hospital was they didn't give me anything to eat and I only got 45 minutes of sleep. Lack of sleep really screws up my workout routines. So I slept all day Wednesday, and woke up at 1:00 pm on Thursday, which doesn't give me much time to train. So I took an extra day off.

Today I rescheduled my 30 minute bike TT, and felt great during my warm-up. Except for one thing! A lady rolled through a stop sign because she was looking at her phone, and came within 6 inches of hitting me. I yelled out some expletives, and she was very apologetic. So I just kept going. Here are my results http://tpks.ws/h5VS.

After all that has happened this week, I'm happy that I my health is in tact. Next week I'm back to the grind and excited to crank up the volume (now that I know my heart can handle it)! Stay tuned....