disturbed275's Mentor Group - Closed! (Page 9)

fire2812 - 2011-01-20 10:31 AM

Ive been debating doing that as well. Im a paramedic and think they are a great idea to have.

mikoy - 2011-01-20 6:04 PM So quick question. I am starting to feel sick.  I have been really tired lately and now I have a sore throat. I do not want this to get worse. This is very typical for me right before I get really sick. Do I continue to train hard or should I back off, rest so that I can get over this more quickly, or just train through it? I mean today had a good run this morning but I am not feeling up to a swim tonite. Any suggestions

thanks

disturbed275 - 2011-01-20 4:14 PM

My vote's for backing off and getting some more rest than usual.  That's typically what I try and do and figure that my body is going to be stressed enough fighting the sickness that the extra stress that comes with the workout will be too much for it to handle.

If your symptoms are all above the neck you can still get away with a workout, but just lower the intensity and/or duration.  Sometimes those short workouts make me feel better for a little while.

fire2812 - 2011-01-20 7:17 PM Ran 18 miles today 3 hr 17 min. added to miles to my last run 2 weeks ago. Next up 20...

mikoy - 2011-01-16 12:05 AM Well I had a very interesting day today. I went out for a 2 hour ride, to be followed by a 30 min run. All was going well I was about 1 1/2 hours into the ride and riding better than ever. I was coming up my last big hill, and I was trying to catch these two guys ahead of me. I keep looking up to see if I was catching them. When I look up and one guy is on the ground and his friend is jumping off his bike and waving his arms to stop a big truck before it runs over his friend. I got up on the pedals and got up there as fast as I could. The man down (Mark) was totally non responsive. So I get someone in the car to call 911 and start CPR. Marks friend and I kept trading positions with compressions, they really wear you out. Mark seemed like he was coming around about 3 times but each time he slipped back out of it. We were finally joined by an of duty firefighter about 15 minutes into it. We could not figure out were the ambulance was. Finally it shows up but we were doing CPR for 25 mins before they got there. At one point he started vomiting blood. It was horrible. They brought in a life flight heli to get him out. We had to shock him once but I don't think it worked. It has really freaked me out. This guys ride all the time, they we also about 1 1/2 hrs into their ride. Mark had said he wasn't feeling 100% so they were taking it easy, and then he just goes down. 

So everyone just be careful and stay safe!

lizmoll - 2011-01-22 5:15 PM Well I haven't had a good week of training. My border collie, Holly, got sick again after being home for 4 days, so I had to make the hardest decision of my life and put her to sleep.  I have been feeling very sad and sorry for myself and can't find the motivation to start training again.  I did go for a run today, I had to, I hopped on the scales and had put on 2 kilos.  I can't let myself go backwards plus I still have Charlie, my other border collie to keep fit.  So we did go for a 35 min run.

Does anyone have a Timex Ironman GPS watch?

lizmoll - 2011-01-22 5:15 PM Well I haven't had a good week of training. My border collie, Holly, got sick again after being home for 4 days, so I had to make the hardest decision of my life and put her to sleep.  I have been feeling very sad and sorry for myself and can't find the motivation to start training again.  I did go for a run today, I had to, I hopped on the scales and had put on 2 kilos.  I can't let myself go backwards plus I still have Charlie, my other border collie to keep fit.  So we did go for a 35 min run.

Does anyone have a Timex Ironman GPS watch?

disturbed275 - 2011-01-23 2:49 PM Hi guys!  That half marathon hurt!  But I finished.

Hope you all are having a good weekend!

nealham12 - 2011-01-22 5:35 PM Made it home from Reno last night.  Went out today for my first bike ride in 2 weeks.  Did 39 miles and it felt great to be back on the bike despite being 31 degrees with 15-20 mph sustained winds.

lizmoll - 2011-01-22 3:15 PM Well I haven't had a good week of training. My border collie, Holly, got sick again after being home for 4 days, so I had to make the hardest decision of my life and put her to sleep.  I have been feeling very sad and sorry for myself and can't find the motivation to start training again.  I did go for a run today, I had to, I hopped on the scales and had put on 2 kilos.  I can't let myself go backwards plus I still have Charlie, my other border collie to keep fit.  So we did go for a 35 min run.

Does anyone have a Timex Ironman GPS watch?

nealham12 - 2011-01-24 10:18 AM

Congrats on finishing.  Without much running recently that is pretty good.

lizmoll - 2011-01-22 5:15 PM Well I haven't had a good week of training. My border collie, Holly, got sick again after being home for 4 days, so I had to make the hardest decision of my life and put her to sleep.  I have been feeling very sad and sorry for myself and can't find the motivation to start training again.  I did go for a run today, I had to, I hopped on the scales and had put on 2 kilos.  I can't let myself go backwards plus I still have Charlie, my other border collie to keep fit.  So we did go for a 35 min run.

Does anyone have a Timex Ironman GPS watch?

fire2812 - 2011-01-25 8:55 PM

Great to see you finish Hope you had more fun than pain

disturbed275 - 2011-01-26 5:38 AM

The race was quite fun and I had beer and tequila to drown out the pain afterward

lizmoll - 2011-01-22 6:15 PM Well I haven't had a good week of training. My border collie, Holly, got sick again after being home for 4 days, so I had to make the hardest decision of my life and put her to sleep.  I have been feeling very sad and sorry for myself and can't find the motivation to start training again.  I did go for a run today, I had to, I hopped on the scales and had put on 2 kilos.  I can't let myself go backwards plus I still have Charlie, my other border collie to keep fit.  So we did go for a 35 min run.

Does anyone have a Timex Ironman GPS watch?