The thing I love about Texas
1.28.2011 Friday, it was 76 degrees. And it made it wonderful to do my therapy ride in. It was very good therapy. The Hilliard Site is down, so I didn’t need to worry about any kind of sulfur, all I had to do was ride. I wanted to push my limits. I wanted to see where I could go.
I hadn’t been there in a long time so I didn’t know what would happen.
Fart…
Fartlek, my favorite way to train, especially when I am coming back.
Fartlek = Go hard when you can, go EZ when you have to, and push when you’re ready.
I actually dabbled into a Zone 3 HR. Felt pretty good.
Goal = to go faster in the trees. I would like to push a 170 HR when I am off road.
My ride was awesome. It made up for my old lady ride on Wednesday.
I mean, where’s my walker?
Speaking of old, the ol’ man has a birthday tomorrow.
Today my ride was awful. I wanted to do4 x 3 minutes MAX. I didn’t do very well, although I gave 110%, I only made it into the 140’s. That’s no max. It felt like my max. It was a crappy morning around Bartonville. The air was awful. I fell to the ground twice on my morning walk in tears because I was so dizzy, and nauseated, and my brain had burn. That’s pretty normal for around these parts, for me anymore. My lung capacity was awful. It was my legs that gave out, and I felt like I couldn’t get my HR up where it should have been.
A little sad to say the least. I hate to ride the rollers just because I get sick being outside. I hate to fly the white flag of surrender. I have to though. Or I will end up with asthma, or liver disease, or a full on life threatening skin disorder. I’ve been learning all about sulfur allergies.
Basically, if it keeps up, it’s a downward spiral to no where good. Unfortunately, it will keep up, and my only hope is the white flag of surrender.
I had a nice run on Thursday. Really simple, run club, working on form. And coaching the young’uns. I would like to step that up a bit.
I haven’t been in the pool for 2 weeks on account of my crash program for Dirty Dozen. I can’t wait though. I will be hitting it this week for sure. Tuesday I believe.
Tomorrow drills at the track, maybe some tempo, I’m sure there will be some of that in there.
Tomorrow I will be on my game.
Tonight, I pray the wind blows away from my home.
I love life, life is so beautiful, there always seems to be something, almost EVIL, that tries to ruin it for the rest of us.
I may be flying my white flag, but the peace within my mind is something only the big ,the bad and the ugly could hope to find in their life.
The joy that surrounds us, only some of us connect to. While the rest of us watch dreaming that they too can feel the joy.
Love, the love for ALL things, the joy of love and peace, knowing that we are all connected and we all share one UNITY, is the bliss that surrounds my life. The bliss of knowing, I will make it as long as I can make it, and when our health can no longer maintain, we have a safe haven, a place where the air is fresh, and the sky is blue.