Well, it has been one long and crazy week. To fill in up to current events, in February I decided to sign up with a group of people from our chiropractors office to participate in the Bolder Boulder 10K race. I say participate and not run because at that time I did not know if I could run. I mean I am sure that I have run sometime in my life. I am pretty sure I did in Jr. High but as an adult? No way! Those people are crazy. I guess I just wanted to see if I could do it. I found a podcast called podrunner http://www.djsteveboy.com/intervals.html that starts you off with day 1 of running and it is a training program that helps you prepare for a 5k, then 8k then 10k as well as other types of programs as well. This podcast was the best tool for me for training. I actually started training late and it was pretty cold when I started so I was not very consistent. In April and May I trained about 4 or 5 days a week. I was really determined to run this race. I have never done anything like this in my life.
Now to switch gears. Keith is training for a few bicycle races this summer. Last Saturday morning, two days before my race he rides up some mountain with his friends as part of his training. He comes home unusually tired. At 11:00 pm that night he tells me that his heart still will not slow down. Apparently though out the day he had been aware of an erratic heart rate. I had him go get his heart monitor that he wears for exercise and his resting heart rate was over 160 bpm. So, we call the nurse, call a neighbor and head to the ER. Long story not so short they could not get his heart into a regular rhythm so they admitted him. The next day it clicked back into a good rhythm and they discharged him with a diagnosis of atrial flutter. That evening we ended up going back in to urgent care because the veins in his arms had become inflamed from the medication (poison) they are administering him through his IV. Home again at 10pm. We are seriously running on no sleep for 24 hours and now I am supposed to get up at 4am to drive to Boulder to RUN in a race! I decided that I worked too hard to miss this race and I got up and went.
By race day I had only run a total of about 5.25 miles and I was planning to run 6.2 miles. Well I did it. I ran the whole way, no stopping no walking. I did it in 72 minutes and 13 seconds I think. http://raceday.onlineraceresults.com/individual.php?bib=JB221 My goal was 72 minutes so I was really happy with that. I chugged a beer at the finish line (because they handed me a free beer) and then we went into the expo to get more free stuff. About an hour later I felt like I was going to faint and had to sit down for a minute but other than that I was fine.
Keith is fine too. We have an appointment to meet with his electro-pathologist in a few weeks. Until then it is business as usual. Keith rode up his mountain again this weekend and is riding in a race on Sunday http://www.elephantrockride.com/.
I also started a part-time job this week. I am working for our church, 2 weekends a month and about 6 hours a week from home. I had a good time doing it this weekend and I am really excited about it.
That is about all the news I can think of right now. We are finally ready to plant in our garden, the past few weekends have kept us pretty busy. I hope this finds all of you well.
Jane
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