Remember that one? I wrote a lengthy post, or maybe even two, around those four little words last time around. A little briefer this time....I just want to know how an innocent little, 10 hour plane ride can turn a 56 year old Ironman into a 56 year old grampa with sore joints, aching muscles, a tired brain and a constant desire to sleep? How can it be?
Actually I think it is just confirmation that I needed this break. Despite the pride I took in my tenacity during my long run, the fact that my legs are still sore sends a clear message. I do not recall ever feeling a 24 km run 3 days later. I was pushing it to the limit and that of course is risking acute injury, or overall breakdown. The only real cost to taking 4 days of will be to my waistline. When I am at home I prepare my food portions with some sense of the overall calories and the fat content and that is what I eat. I think every restaurant and hotel in all of Brazil has a buffet! My worst enemy, since buffets often include many items that are easy for me to eat....oh and big dessert tables!!
On the good news/bad news front, I finally have a schedule for my hyperbaric therapy. The bad news is that it is not until February, which isn't really bad news either, as long as I don't have further problems in the interim. My visits to Hamilton General will be at noon every day for the 6 weeks, and that's good because I will be able to get a workout in every morning before I leave, and I should be able to miss both morning and afternoon traffic. It is also a great excuse to avoid any work for 6 weeks. I really do have a great employer and a great boss when it comes to my personal needs.....I know it will be no questions asked!
I'm also really intrigued to see how the treatments affect my training. It seems to me that spending 2 plus hours breathing pure oxygen every day must be good for you eh?...or maybe not? I'm gonna belivee it will be good for me because it may lessen the sting of spending 6 weeks driving to Hamilton, and watching Oprah reruns throught the glass of gthe chamber. Apparently Sly Stallone used it while filming for Rocky so "ther ya go Paulie" Also it seems that lots of pro athletes have been toying with it for the last several years. I will tell you more about it once I research it better. Here's a funny thoiught. It just occurred to me that in the past I blogged about the merits of a school of thought that training at altitude (less pressure, less oxygen) will make you fitter, faster! ... hmmm...As a Habs fan I wish some of them would try either one or the other, or better yet provide it for their fans who are the real ones suffering!!
"I still need more healthy rest in order to work at my best. My health is the main capital I have and I want to administer it intelligently."---Ernest Hemingway
Love
Peter
Actually I think it is just confirmation that I needed this break. Despite the pride I took in my tenacity during my long run, the fact that my legs are still sore sends a clear message. I do not recall ever feeling a 24 km run 3 days later. I was pushing it to the limit and that of course is risking acute injury, or overall breakdown. The only real cost to taking 4 days of will be to my waistline. When I am at home I prepare my food portions with some sense of the overall calories and the fat content and that is what I eat. I think every restaurant and hotel in all of Brazil has a buffet! My worst enemy, since buffets often include many items that are easy for me to eat....oh and big dessert tables!!
On the good news/bad news front, I finally have a schedule for my hyperbaric therapy. The bad news is that it is not until February, which isn't really bad news either, as long as I don't have further problems in the interim. My visits to Hamilton General will be at noon every day for the 6 weeks, and that's good because I will be able to get a workout in every morning before I leave, and I should be able to miss both morning and afternoon traffic. It is also a great excuse to avoid any work for 6 weeks. I really do have a great employer and a great boss when it comes to my personal needs.....I know it will be no questions asked!
I'm also really intrigued to see how the treatments affect my training. It seems to me that spending 2 plus hours breathing pure oxygen every day must be good for you eh?...or maybe not? I'm gonna belivee it will be good for me because it may lessen the sting of spending 6 weeks driving to Hamilton, and watching Oprah reruns throught the glass of gthe chamber. Apparently Sly Stallone used it while filming for Rocky so "ther ya go Paulie" Also it seems that lots of pro athletes have been toying with it for the last several years. I will tell you more about it once I research it better. Here's a funny thoiught. It just occurred to me that in the past I blogged about the merits of a school of thought that training at altitude (less pressure, less oxygen) will make you fitter, faster! ... hmmm...As a Habs fan I wish some of them would try either one or the other, or better yet provide it for their fans who are the real ones suffering!!
"I still need more healthy rest in order to work at my best. My health is the main capital I have and I want to administer it intelligently."---Ernest Hemingway
Love
Peter
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