Monday - headed to Tahosa for what I think is my 7th XC camp with the Eagles. Fifth year at Tahosa. Probably missed a COVID year in there but I'd have to check.
It felt like a great camp for me. Good kids, good environment, some great goal setting and conversations. All the things you want when involved in something like this.
I decided I was going to do some running. I wasn't expecting much. The biggest concern with it all was that I'd take a tumble and bruise something. Being on a blood thinner then makes that a greater risk. I promised to be more careful, but it is true that I am rather klutzy.
Monday night we headed up the St. Vrain trail. 5.5 miles. It was clear that as soon I had to breathe significantly at all, I was gonna hurt. The deeper lung pain was still there even though it has generally gotten better over the last week.
Tuesday - 5.1 miles up towards the Beaver Res, and then jumped on the Sourdough for a bit. Same sorta thing. So just easy running. Or barely jogging.
In the evening I tacked on another 3.2 miles up the Coney Flats out of Beaver Res. Things seemed to loosen up a tad in the lungs on this one.
The couple days up there reaffirmed for me a couple of things: I am gonna run. I am committed to getting past this crap so I can continue to do this stuff. I do want to get back to being fit enough to do Pikes in 2023 and the Fairplay Burro Race as well. I have had a variety of shit pitched to me in the last couple of years (this, the Achilles) that has screwed that up but I will get back to it.
Great pic of Jack from last weekend.
And, it also affirmed that I was completely not going to be able to do the burro race this year. No, that would have been a med evac situation possibility had I done it.
Wednesday AM - I saw my local doc and it was surprisingly a good visit. I'll be on the thinners for 3 months, but I am getting some tests to see if they a root cause to my clot issue can be determined. For the moment, they are sorta stumped. But it was clearly stated that my general health / vitals were a huge benefit for me getting through this pretty unscathed. Apparently there may have been some permanent damage to one of my lungs, so I could expect to deal with that longer term.
In the afternoon I got out for five on the ditch with JZ. It was hot, and I think I was feeling the effects of all that blood being drawn, so this one was especially wonky. 5 miles.
Thursday AM - 6 miles easy with GW and JH around practice. Pretty sure the thinners are screwing up my sweat. I look like I am taking a bath at the end of every run. And the sweat seems saltier than usual.
Been running with the Garmin 35 watch I got. I got it because I didn't expect to carry the phone for the entirety of the Fairplay or Pikes events. So much for that. It tells me a lot. Maybe too much. Like number of steps I have taken, my HR when I burp, etc.
Friday AM - practice. 6.5 with strides. No way would I call this a good run but it is the best one I have had all week. The pain continues to drop a bit and I can breathe a little easier.
Saturday AM - 8 miles around practice. Continued progress. Still can't and won't run hard yet but getting better. Saw some owls.
Sunday AM - 9.4 miles. It was a bit of a cooler morning. I felt fine for the first half dozen but then was sweating like I was in the midwest. Really just slow but good to get in a few. Still dealing with some deep breath challenges but way better than a week ago of course.
About 45 on the week, but I can see that I am way behind where I was a few weeks ago. Engine is just sputtering through some stuff.
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