Adventures in Training

Where did the week go!! There were moments this week where time seemed to stand still as I waited on decisions to be made and phone calls, but its all worked out. :)


It's been quite the adventure though!!


Sunday: Masters swim, got to the pool with a bit of a headache, but after the warm up and starting the main set, I was seeing stars, dizzy, and heart rate really high. After a few minutes, coach ok'd me to continue the set, but another lap was enough for me to know that I wasn't feeling right, he told me to climb out of the pool. Pupils dilated, I sat in the lifeguard's office for about 20 minutes to make the world stop spinning before calling for a ride home as no one wanted me to drive the 1k home. While this felt nothing like the auras I used to get with my seizures, it still freaked me out.


Monday: Woke up feeling much better, but took a complete rest day.


Tuesday: Drove to a nearby lake, parked the car, and headed out for a ride. I had mapped out a fairly flat route, on what I thought would be less busy roads.  Leave the parking lot, cross a busy street to start my ride... sign reading Pavement Ends Here. UGH. Decided to just ride wherever the roads took me... it ended up probably being one of the hilliest routes I could find. I did, however, witness someone that gives cyclists a bad name!!! On my way back to the car, I caught up to two girls, going rather slowly, but with a very narrow shoulder, and heavy traffic in the live lanes, I just stayed back instead of trying to pass. We approached an intersection with a red light, and for whatever reason, when the light turned green, the girl in front, suddenly darted left across all the lanes of traffic as they were rolling forward! Her friend, in front of me, yelled at " Oh My Gawd, what are you doing, be careful!!!" She pulled off to the side, waiting to safely cross to rejoin the other girl... so shaking my head, completely confused about what I'd just seen, I continued back to my car.


Wednesday: 8k run from Terron's karate school while he was training. Some of the other parents had wondered where I was instead of having coffee with them! ;)


Thursday: I was on the fence about going to Masters last night. A little nervous after Sunday, and that phone call I had been waiting for? I didn't want to miss it. Well, I got the call about 30 minutes before I was set to leave, it left me in a good mood, so suddenly my fear of getting back into the water was forgotten! Coach wasn't there, but, had left the workout with one of the swimmers, Kim, that I'd only seen a handful of times since I started in Oct. Turns out.... she started swimming competitively at 9, was ranked 3rd in the world at some point, and has swum Lake Ontario twice, planning on a third time! I felt great in the water last night, and had a great workout! Running a marathon is a long way... but swimming a distance longer than a marathon! WOW!!!!


Riding tomorrow with last year's triathlon group! Can't wait to see some old friends! :)  Happy Friday everyone!