Hmm. Progressively rising heart rate up to uncomfortably high levels, while jogging at a paltry 12 to 13 minutes per mile. (Stop in the middle of the run to wipe away sweat).
This means one or more of the following:
- I'm not all the way back from pneumonia
- I've gained more weight while sick than I thought
- I lost much more fitness than I thought
- I'm totally non-heat-acclimated to jogging in ~75*F temperatures
- My knee and ankle are hurting all of a sudden way more than they should
- The Columbia Triathlon is already looking like a bad day from here
- No good can come from this
4 comments:
Illness and injury can really take their toll! Hope you're all the way recovered soon.
Pneumonia *kills* people!
Its going to take time! Just dont get discouraged in the mean time huh?
And if it makes you feel any better - that pretty much what my graph would look like on a good day - if I had a Garmin that is - lovely, lovely Garmin - lovely, lovely graphs...oh yeah!
Take Care sweetpea. And take it easy on yourself for now. :)
I pick all of the above, except the last one. Being the annoying optimist that I am, there's got to be something valuable to be learned from it. Learning is good.
Hang in there.
I feel your pain!
Just keep going and 'know' that it'll get better.
At least that's what I keep telling myself!
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