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Thursday - November 27

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Wednesday - November 26

I'm surprised by how sore I am after yesterday's short run. My heel hurts worse than at any time during IM training. My body is strange.

The little one was up a good portion of the night throwing up so a lack of sleep kept me from going to the pool this morning. I may get on the trainer this evening.

Plan for the rest of the week:
Th - Morning ride - Probably Roswell 25 mile route
F - Base Run 1:00
Sa - Swim somewhere
Su - Base Bike 2:00-3:00

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Tuesday - November 25

Run

38m
4.00 miles
09m 30s /Mi

Yes, that's a sliver of yellow on my graph!

I ran a route that I've run before with the Garmin so I know that it's 4 miles. The time is estimated by looking at the gym's wall clock before and after the run. It was more difficult than I expected but when I got back I realized that I had been running too fast.

It turns out that my mother's sheltie has conceived and is due at the end of January. She wanted to tell the girls herself when she gets here tomorrow. I told my wife to appreciate the lack of dog hair in the house while she can. I grew up with a sheltie and it shed like crazy. Timber was a great dog though.

Nice bright sunny day today. I took the girls to school this morning so no morning run. I'll try to do it at lunchtime.

My BP is higher this morning than it has been recently. Strange but still not too high

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Monday - November 24

Swim

32m
1600.00 yards
02m /100 yards

It appears that my new medications are working a little TOO well. In the past three days my diastolic number has consistently been below 70. Unmedicated it's usally around 110 and medicated it has usually been around 90. Of course my MIL being in Russia may have something to do with it...

I felt alright this morning so I went to the pool for an easy swim. It was packed and I ended up swimming in the diving well with three others. I started off very easy and never got above moderate pace. I feel tired now but not too bad.

Today's swim:
Ladder - (100,200,300,400,300,200,100)

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Sunday - November 23

6:30pm - I just took my BP and it's way low. The home BP monitor generally registers high but right now it's saying I'm at 123/63. That's much lower than usual for me and could easily explain the dizziness.

Hmmm. I'm getting dizzy every time I get up and start walking. It looks like another trip to the Doc is in my near future.

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Saturday - November 22

Wow. 10 little girls sure can make a lot of noise. I tried to hide out in the garage but any time I went into the house it was rough. They seem to be enjoying themselves though.

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Friday - November 21

Last night I actually thought that I might go to Masters this morning. When my alarm rang I just couldn't do it. I still feel sick today but I guess I'm getting a little better every day. I'm definitely going to bike on Sunday.