Simi looking for a treat It is now 5 days since Simi departed. Sadness prevails in our household, but life has to go on. Some semblance of normalcy is slowly returning to our lives but even fun things are not quite fun. I ran on the treadmill at the Parsus office for an hour. Usually […]
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Fifteen minutes of bliss
I am happy today. I ran for 15 minutes on the treadmill. It was blissful. I was slow but I didn’t care. My heartrate monitor was on the fritz showing me a heartrate of 190+ for most of the run but I knew that I was running at level 2. At a speed of between […]
The frustration continues
Ridiculous. That’s the only way to describe what happened today. I set out for an easy 45-minute run near my office after taking Albuterol through an inhaler. Apparently, Albuterol helps shortness of breath and asthma-like symptoms. It didn’t work. My run lasted all of 2 minutes and 12 seconds for about a quarter of a […]
Shortness of breath while running
Running has become increasingly difficult these days. While my leg and back continue to get better, my lungs are not quite the same. Somehow, my breathing is labored and I have shortness of breath. It seems to affect me more when I run than when I bike. This started over the past couple of months […]
Will, Kristi, Mike, Shelly, Brett, Katie, Kristen, Gerry, Robin, Ashley Clifford, Chrissie Wellington and now Kimberly Shah
I have met so many cool folks after I started the tri circuit. Some are world-famous and some are local athletes, but all have good hearts and most have pretty amazing bodies. Most are smart, driven and successful at what they do and live a super-active lifestyle. I won’t name all of them here, but […]
Best time of the year in Scottsdale
On March 1, I ran the Phoenix Marathon. In the second week of March, I ran long a couple of times. Then my calf gave out followed by my back. Over the past month, my longest run has been less than an hour. Mind you, at the Ironman I did “run” 26.2 miles, but in […]
Ironman Cabo; nervous but excited
It was an easy, relaxed 10-mile ride today just to see how my calf behaves. It behaved quite nicely; I felt virtually no discomfort as I rode around my office. The bike handled very nicely on the new Michelin Endurance tires. I also saw Lisa of Windhawk who worked hard on my calf muscles today. […]
17 days to Ironman Cabo
It is amazing how resilient a 12-year old dog can be. Yesterday we had to put Missy in a restraining collar and she was moping around. Today, she is still in a restraining collar, but she is happily jumping here and there as if she were a little puppy. In human years, she is 84 […]
Garmin replacement arrives tomorrow
My Garmin 910XT is dead (again). Yesterday, it gave me some issues but after reading the Garmin support blog and cleaning the charger connection points with some Formula 409, it started working. Today, I had no such luck. So I called Garmin support and the good folks at Garmin are going to overnight me a […]
Come wine with us!
The muscles are slowly getting back to normal. The left big toe remains painful but less so. The euphoria of unexpectedly qualifying for Boston remains and will last a while. I biked around the office neighborhood for a bit longer than an hour today. It was flat and easy. My bike was not quite lubed, […]