Training Log Archive: bl

BHS on a fine Sat eve around 7pm. Place to myself. First a walk with Mocha, kept to woods & then an upper grassy field. M got tired by the first parking lot & tried to get in the back of one of the cars there. She then got quite far behind but was still easy to spot. I eventually had to drive back to the other lot to get her as she was fixated upon a ride from that location for some reason.
While walking, had a talk with my MGH roommate, Scott, back at MGH for 8 days. This is his is 6th adm there since his first of 33d in Jan when we met. He got an IVAD then and is first on a heart transplant list at age 53. A fun, cheery guy to talk to. Maybe a rendezvous with him next week.

Ran the 16 V-tachs ok. Had a college track singlet on dating from '66 or '67 so that was fun. Could not bridge the gap though....

Cardiac stress echo at CH. Got to 14% and HR of 137 by time it was reasonable to stop - was not going to get much further. Test req'd 3 participants in addition to myself: cardiologist, echo tech and assistant for BP, orientation, putting on leads etc. Did ok - actually the cardiologist was impressed but he's comparing me to the average person being tested - which, frankly, probably isn't saying much fitness-wise. Fair # of pre-exercise PVCs but they mostly disappeared as I got going. No "global dyskinesis", no sx other than exercise-appropriate SOB. Maybe nearing the edge of the woods, so to speak.

Beth & I went to Turee for an end-of-day DP. Sunset time is often photogenic.
Passed this sight too.

C • Summer, Down East 2

BHS track, walk 100 straights, run the curves, good effort work out.
Fine sunny day finally. Lacking regularity-consistency but the end is supposedly in sight. Nice V-tach profile if I may say so. HR by palpation 132 at end. Getting closer to utilizing the 310 HRM, still a bit too busy to focus on it.

Cardio @ Y.

Rest of it.

Incredibly wet, rainy, miserable but still a long way to go to move the bridge as it has done twice in 22 yrs. I forget what "serious" rainfall is.

Return of grey, miserable weather with a vengeance. Managed to visit Gillmore's Evergreen which brightened things a bit. At least the ferns and pachysandra are content in our yard.

Picking up controls at Bear Brook after UNO meet. Tough with the blurring of the contours due to moderate to thick vegetation. Needed to stick with a bearing and pay close attention to the contours. Went to the nine I picked up but with more uncertainty than I bargained for. BB is certainly the old and the new. Really nice work by Ernst with course design, home laser printing of maps etc.