I tell them all the work is done and regardless of how it has gone, the key thing is to relax and realize that the months of training are more important than the last two weeks, so relaxing and letting that training come to fruition is most important. As Coach Dellinger used to say, "the hay is in the barn!"

- Coach Salazar

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Let's get Physical!

(Part I: Pre Run)

So I went for my annual check-up today. We chatted about general things and then I off-hand mentioned that my heart rate is at 175 bpm average on runs lately. Oh, and my arm was tingling.

She didn't think that was very healthy.

So I got my first EKG! 

Long Story Short: My heart is fine (small murmur, but she said that's normal for women). Doc thinks its medicine-related, the combo of the Advair and Albuterol, but mostly the Advair. So I'm switching to a new long-acting inhaler for le asthma. If it doesn't get better in a week, I have a referral to a cardiologist to get an echocardiogram. 

Hope I don't need it. Meh.

Now, off to go run. We'll see how that goes.

(Part II: Post Run Next Day)

Welp, it may not be the medicine.

I took only my albuterol and WHEEEE my heartrate was high. So maybe it's the albuterol, not the advair.

Since I should have been doing this from the get-go, but I'm too lazy to turn on my mac mini more than once a month (that's why I have an iPad y'all), here's my Garmin info:


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