Will running 28 kms ever get easy? I don't freaking think so and why the hell should it?! It's not something most people consider doing on any given Saturday.
I can tell you this however. Everything is relative, and running 28 kms today was significantly easier than running 25 last week, 30 the week before, 23 the week before that, and a horrible 18 way back on Mar 10th. And before you ask, my pace was the same or better then each of those efforts.
Like I said it was still tough, and when I had a decision to make which way to turn, with the other direction meaning 31 kms, I took the easy road....or maybe it was the smart road?
The run was more significant for what did not happen, than what did. I kept waiting for it but the normal running pain in my legs refused to deteriorate into the crippling, cramping, just shoot me, pain I had learned to expect by 20 kms, and to top that off, my heart rate finally crept just over 140, and stayed there!
The real test was still to come however, and when I got home I bent over and untied my shoe laces! Yah! That was the test! Previously I had to resort to asking for help, and/or just forcing them off with the laces still done up.
It is now some 5 hours after my run and my legs feel exactly like they're supposed to after a long run; tired but with minimal sorriness. Again, to make comparisons, I could barely walk last week.
So what does this mean? Well yesterday I wished for some positive indication that things would be different post hyperbaric, and I can conclude that I received that. I would also say that though it is not a miracle by any means, it has had a major impact on my confidence level.
So was the chamber the problem, and more specifically the issue of free radicals? My instinct tells me yes, very much so, but I am gonna leave this conclusion for one more week. Interestingly enough as I went back and studied my technical Ironman books, the experts are all serious advocates of taking antioxidant supplements to counteract this problem.....that's without the hyperbaric therapy.
Of course my arthritic left hip is sore as hell, as well as my right achilles, but I need those problems to have something to complain about.
And you know what? Life has its ups and downs and I am reminded once again how we need tough times to make the good times more good! Right now I feel "more good" Game on!!
Happy Easter tomorrow! That's the day that Jesus (hey zeus) rose from the dead. And I tell you with all the sincerity that I can muster, that if believing this makes you a better person, and in turn the world a better place, then please go on believing it. That after all should be the litmus test of all religious dogma should it not?
(run 28 kms 2:30)
"To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence."---Mark Twain
Love
Peter
I can tell you this however. Everything is relative, and running 28 kms today was significantly easier than running 25 last week, 30 the week before, 23 the week before that, and a horrible 18 way back on Mar 10th. And before you ask, my pace was the same or better then each of those efforts.
Like I said it was still tough, and when I had a decision to make which way to turn, with the other direction meaning 31 kms, I took the easy road....or maybe it was the smart road?
The run was more significant for what did not happen, than what did. I kept waiting for it but the normal running pain in my legs refused to deteriorate into the crippling, cramping, just shoot me, pain I had learned to expect by 20 kms, and to top that off, my heart rate finally crept just over 140, and stayed there!
The real test was still to come however, and when I got home I bent over and untied my shoe laces! Yah! That was the test! Previously I had to resort to asking for help, and/or just forcing them off with the laces still done up.
It is now some 5 hours after my run and my legs feel exactly like they're supposed to after a long run; tired but with minimal sorriness. Again, to make comparisons, I could barely walk last week.
So what does this mean? Well yesterday I wished for some positive indication that things would be different post hyperbaric, and I can conclude that I received that. I would also say that though it is not a miracle by any means, it has had a major impact on my confidence level.
So was the chamber the problem, and more specifically the issue of free radicals? My instinct tells me yes, very much so, but I am gonna leave this conclusion for one more week. Interestingly enough as I went back and studied my technical Ironman books, the experts are all serious advocates of taking antioxidant supplements to counteract this problem.....that's without the hyperbaric therapy.
Of course my arthritic left hip is sore as hell, as well as my right achilles, but I need those problems to have something to complain about.
And you know what? Life has its ups and downs and I am reminded once again how we need tough times to make the good times more good! Right now I feel "more good" Game on!!
Happy Easter tomorrow! That's the day that Jesus (hey zeus) rose from the dead. And I tell you with all the sincerity that I can muster, that if believing this makes you a better person, and in turn the world a better place, then please go on believing it. That after all should be the litmus test of all religious dogma should it not?
(run 28 kms 2:30)
"To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence."---Mark Twain
Love
Peter
Best post in a while!! Be happy and be confident, enjoy your successful day! Loooove, Michael.
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