Training Log

8 pm - 7 miles.  It was a hot day - worked in the yard most of the day, and waited until it cooled down a little to run.  It was still very humid...summer in Memphis!

8 am bike ride with triathlon team.  Got dropped after the water stop at a little more than the halfway point.  Didn't really know the route (no maps or cue sheets were handed out) and was way out in the country. Finally caught up with a guy who had also gotten dropped, and we weren't sure what turns the group took at several intersections, so we guessed, and were able to get back on track on a route back to where we started, but it probably wasn't the same route the group took since we didn't see any of them again until we got back, and a few of them were still at the start, getting ready to leave.  I felt good because the two of us were resourceful enough to find our way back and still get in a decent ride; felt a little embarrassed because I'm not that fast yet and haven't had the time to build up cycling speed; only a little annoyed that the group left us but hey, we're all adults and responsible for ourselves.

7 pm - got surprised again halfway through the run with a downpour and lightning in the distance, so I turned around at 3.7 miles to avoid the storm's path and ended up running 8 miles instead of 7 trying to avoid the storm.  I ran in the heavy downpour but managed to avoid the areas with frequent and close lightning. 

6 pm - rode the triathlon bike 20 miles on my own - didn't want to get dropped again. Then ran 6.2 shortly thereafter.  Didn't do the rapid transition from bike to run, but ran as soon as I put the bike in the house, changed shoes, and got a sports drink.

Yearly physical today, mid-morning, and the doctor was surprised to find my heart rate on the EKG is 45, which is classified as bradycardia.  Is that too low?  He is going to do some thyroid tests to make sure thre is not some underlying problem.  He asked if I ever feel lightheaded because my heart rate is so low.  (I don't).

Only time to swim 1750 yards today.  Family commitments in the evening that went late.

7:30 am - 9 miles after dropping Jacob off at daycare.

7:30 pm - moderate pace - 7.27 mile loop, then another loop around my neighborhood at an easy pace except a sprint in the last .1 mile when someone's Jack Russell terrier chased me for a block and a half or so.  I thought I could just outrun him and he would give up after a while, but he was persistent and finally stopped when I yelled over my shoulder at him.