It’s been a crazy last few weeks with the Covid-19 outbreak
and self-quarantine regulations. Unfortunately for me, I picked up influenza A from
my office 2 weeks ago. It actually put me in the emergency room after passing
out and smacking my head against the sink. I was probably out for 2 minutes,
and I couldn’t even sit up without blacking out again.Ty found me on the floor and worked with me to get in the car.
At the hospital, they took my blood pressure and pulse laying
down and sitting up. Each time I sat up, my pulse jumped from 50 to 90 BPM, and
my blood pressure tanked. I received 2 bags of IV fluid a piles of warm blankets. When they swabbed me, it came back positive for
Influenza A. The flu put me out for 5 days where the most I did was walk around
my cu-de-sac. All I could do was impatiently wait it out until it passed. As soon as my fever lifted, I was back on the bike trainer hardly pushing 80 watts.
Since that first ride, I’ve ramped back up to a 15-mile
long run and 3.5 hours of cycling. My legs are beat up from the sudden volume
increase and lack of swim recovery, so I plan to back off after my current 20+
hour week. Even though IM Tulsa is unlikely to be held on May 31st,
I am training as if it will be. I will continue ramping up unless I hear
otherwise, and at that point I may switch to less volume more speed for the
70.3’s coming up.
With that, I encourage everyone out there to please be smart
and stay safe. It’s not just for yourself, but for everyone else around you
too.
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