One Clydesdale’s Journey

It didn’t start too bad and was actually supposed to be some what of an off week since we are between Tri-Fit sessions.

Monday I had a great swim workout. Tuesday I had another awesome run workout and I am now happy to say that I can get a 5k training run done in about 35 minutes. And the amazing thing is that I can continue function then for the rest of the day.

But then… Wednesday rolled around and I had a dentist appointment…

I should explain, I’m one of those people that really need sedation dentistry! Without it, you aren’t getting me anywhere near the dentist office. So I fully expected Wednesday to be a loss as far as training went.

This was my second visit in the last few weeks. The first was for a few fillings and this one was (I thought) just for a cleaning.

Turns out it was for a cleaning… and to remove my remaining 2 wisdom teeth!

As soon as I heard that I could feel my heart rate go through the roof! They took me back to check my vitals and sure enough, my heart rate was at 97. 97!!! I now have to walk at a pretty fast clip for about 3 blocks to get it up to 97 now a days… or, apparently, get told that my wisdom teeth are coming out.

As if things couldn’t get any worse, the dentist then tells me that I can’t train for the next 4 days! I could go on my walks, but nothing strenuous that was going to get my heart rate up to high.

The girls have walked more in the last few days than they ever thought was possible. Luckily the weather cooperated or I would have really gone crazy.

I think that they are just as happy as I am that I can finally go back to regular training starting tomorrow.

Later,
John W.

A Clydesdale in training