Another good training weekend, swimming and biking just as I used to. Yesterday I swam as a normal person (not the stationary method where I tie my feet to the pool with an elastic band) and felt better than ever! I don't think I've ever had such a smooth swim stroke, crossing 25 meters in mere 13 strokes, and being able to easily cross the 25 meters without taking a breather, something that was usually hard for me.
Wonder if the removal of brain tissue leads to a lower oxygen consumption rate as neurons are oxygen hogs... Tour de France contenders, I don't believe the UCI tests for brain removal, you might want to try this before it goes on the doping list!
Regardless of the reason it felt great to swim fearlessly and without getting dizzy at the end of the swim. I only swam 1000 meters but nonetheless a swim.
Today I biked with a friend who is probably the strongest biker I know around here and it wasn't as humiliating as I thought it was going to be, although he was recovering from a bad crash. He had a GPS on him and answered a long time question I had: how much climbing was involved in my bike ride. We climbed 440m (about 1000 ft) in a 40K ride, just enough to get me ready for an Olympic triathlon again. It felt great to have a riding buddy again as my latest rides have been lonely as I live far away from my bike buddies.
I haven't ran in a while, need to get back on the wagon, but if everything keeps moving as it is today I might be able to tri this year, this is in the plan and I intend to accomplish it.
We can swim, bike and run with glioma!
