Ironman Lake Placid : Official Thread (Page 36)

Glad you're feeling better! Nothing wrong with nice easy miles, gives you a chance to enjoy the day and the joy of running.

Yesterday my 3hr trainer ride was interrupted by my furnace blowing up, which was kind of crazy. All is ok after coughing up some $$ but I only got 90 mins in on trainer.

Anyone else have huge sinus problems with the pool?? I am stuffed up and all allergyish for 2-3 days after swimming in pool. I swim in the lake all summer, no prob. Not sure what to do it gets pretty bad - watery eyes, sneezing, drooling, stuffed up nose. It's a great time haha. Just wanted to see if anyone else had that problem.

Mandy

Edited by manfarr1974 2013-03-17 8:46 PM

For the week:

S 1:15

B 5:30

R 3:15

T 10:00

Happy with the week.  Didn't get outside for the long bike ride, but hit all the workouts I wanted (2 S, 3 R and 3 B) and am not hurting too much.  Enjoying the journey, and can't wait to get outside on the bike again to see how the trainer time is paying off.

Great job everyone on keeping up the training!  Just keep moving, just keep moving...

Since I spend 99% of my time in this thread I'll post it here too.  But I posted it in COJ as well...

Friday night about 8:30 our 8yr old lab started acting REALLY strange and the side of his stomach was pushed WAY out.  

Drove him to the local animal ER to find out his stomach had turned and they weren't going to be able to use a tube to fix it....it was going to require surgery.  We had about an hour to decide what to do.  Unfortunately, with our financial situation we weren't able to afford the $2,800 surgery to fix the problem and had to lay him to rest. He was gone by 10:30....it all happened so very fast. 

Gut wrenching to know that the problem was fixable but just out of our means financially.  He used to sleep in the bedroom of our 6 yr old son every night so he's not handling this very well.  

Buried him with some of his favorite toys near the river where he LOVED to play. 

It was a rough weekend on all fronts.  Had a 4hr trainer ride that gave me a lot of time to think(which is bad) but he used to lay next to me while I rode.  And then swimming this morning was sobering because he used to LOVE to swim.  Found myself a couple times getting caught up in the thoughts and not paying attention to the workout.

You're my boy Blu.

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Jeff - my sincere condolences - really, really sorry to read that. It is crazy how attached we get to those little buggers.

Anatole France is often credited with saying, "Unless one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." Your grieving is a clear indication that you have Blu to thank for your fully awakened soul. Peace.

In 2011 I had to put my best friend Bailey down - he and i were inseperable his entire life. i took him to work, school, everywhere with me. he was like my breath, part of me. He was 10 and had cancer and we didnt know until one day he just suddenly went blind...in the end we had to say goodbye. It was the single hardest thing I have ever had to do. He is in my profile btw.

His memories will come at you in big emotional waves, then the waves get a little smaller...you will always miss him but at some point thoughts of him will make you smile instead of cry (sometimes..i still cry though)

I'm thinking of you and your family and I am so sorry for your loss.

Mandy

Jeff ...

Ugh, dogs were put onto this earth to steal our hearts and them break them. It's never easy. Especially when it's so sudden as you've described. Just ugh. My screen name refers to the fact that I've been involved with St. Bernard rescue for some time ... we see a lot of dogs come and go and it always sucks.
 

I tend to find that I have pretty bad sinus problems as well after I return to the pull from some time off.  Usually after ~1 month of structured swimming, my nose seems to adapt somewhat (symptoms only last for the remainder of the day instead of a couple days).  I haven't found a way around this yet, and mainly just live with sniffling all day at work

Condolences here too, that is one of the hardest things to do, especially if you're not expecting it. Pets are family, no doubt about it.

My chlorine sensitivity is not terrible, but it has gotten worse as I have gotten older, but it is still manageable. Just a little sporadic sneezing throughout the day. I have found that it is worse where they regularly shock the sh*t out of the pool (YMCAs, LTF, city pools, etc) but usually OK in university pools, dedicated competition pools, etc. I suppose many of those are more precisely regulated. Saline pools and OWS are divine. I do have a good friend whose chlorine sensitivity can be down-right debilitating. Although it worked, he never really liked using a nose clip (found it to be really uncomfortable for long pool swims) but he found that a small dive mask (which covers the nose) to be a game-changer for pool swimming. OF COURSE we make fun of him when he uses it, but that is what friends are for, right? 

Edited to add that he does not use it for OWS or races - he just uses it for pool swimming in chlorine pools.

BernardDogs, I am going to recommend he try NasalCrom if he hasn't already.

Very sorry to hear about your dog.  Ironically I noticed the vision in my 11 year old Husky's one good eye is starting to go while I was throwing him some of my post run french fries just before reading the forum today.   He has probably run with me for about 4000 miles in his life and has been a great training partner when the weather is cold.  I hope he still has a few left in him but hearing your story makes me take stock and appreciate what we've had. 

So sorry to hear this.  I have a couple 17 y.o. cats (brothers) that are getting there, too, and I cannot imagine what it will be like without them.  Pets offer such wonderful companionship... it will get better.

Thanks everyone.  He's looking over water now, so he's good.

Recovery week for me next week, looking forward to it.  Feeling a little burned out at the moment and I still have my long workouts of the week to go.

2600 in the pool this morning and a 12 mile interval run tonight.

Training is a great diversion. Imagine how hard life would be if we didn't have this crazy sport to keep us occupied.

Man, that is a long interval run. What are you doing, one mile intervals? I never got above 8 miles doing 800m intervals.