I just got done with a 80 minute bike ride (on trainer) I followed that with a 10 min run. Feeling good today. I need to do dialysis then I will head to the airport. I am visiting patients in Maryland and Deleware for two days.
Shad
“Without dreams what are we left with?”- Shad Ireland
11/11/2007- Endurance Run- 2 miles
* Ran 2.15 miles at varing speeds. Heart rate reached 148 @ 6.0 on the treadmill. Streatched after the run. It is going to be a long road back!
11/10/2007 - 25 mile bike ride followed by a twenty minute run.
* Struggled with both. It was a beautiful day so I took my bike off of the trainer and headed outside. I found that I was not consistant with speed although I was able to maintain a good cadence. The run was difficult to say the least. My running is nowhere where it needs to be. This is the result of not getting consistant training.
I don’t remember it hurting like this. You see I forgot what it was like to struggle physically. I have been running for so long that I forgot I was being chased. I have to remain strong and fit. This disease and all of its complications never gets weary. I have to admit that my asperations as an athlete have become secondary to the goals I have set for my foundation. I have found that maintaining balance in my life has become difficult because so many of my fellow patients are out there struggling. Looking for hope. Looking for a possible solution. Exercise, proper nutrition, and longer and more frequent dialysis treatments represent hope and a the solution they seek. We as a community don’t have to feel sick anymore. I was told once that at some point in my life I would be faced with the ultimate challenge. That I would be confronted with the choice to give up or to dig deeper than I ever have before. I would be confronted with the question, did you give everything you had when that moment came? Today is that moment. Today the journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.
Hi Randy,
The Lifetime race went well. I was not totally impressed with my splits but I was close to the personal goal of 2:00 which I set for myself. I was also racing with a hemoglobin of 9.0 (Which is extremely low). My official time was 2:09:13 which was nine minutes and thirteen seconds over where I wanted to be. This was the last race of my 2007 season and I ended it on a personal high note. Team Ireland had an amazing day with one of our team mates posting a top ten finish and with both of the other dialysis patients who raced with me reaching their personal goal of completing the race.
Personally I am very happy with all of the Team’s results and I am looking forward to 8/1/2007 when we start to assemble the squad for the 2008 season. You have me scheduled for a thirty minute bike ride today which is what I am about to go do. I am looking at the race yesterday positively because I know where I am at and where I want to go. The long road back begins with the first step and I have already begun to run!
