tried to ride but reflux/asthma caused me to have trouble breathing

ok swim, I felt good through warm up and 1st set, 2nd set was tough to breathe and it caused me to get woozy. I cut the swim short but it felt good to be swimming again.

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Well I am not feeling much better this AM to the point I was awake since 5am cuz I couldn’t sleep much. I think I've missed what's making me feel this way; last Saturday I felt like I was coming down with a cold cuz I had runny nose, sore throat and during my run I felt chest congested cuz I had trouble breathing properly. I’ve taken cold meds and stuff and even though I didn’t had any other symptoms my chest remained congested, had trouble breathing and sore throat. This AM I figured what's really making me feel ill is that I am having GERD issues, the illness I've battled on and off for the past 2 years. In short it means I have acid reflux issues to the point that if I am not careful with my diet and following specific things (taking meds also) I get to a point in which the acid of my stomach splashes onto my esophagus and it irritates to the point it causes a sore throat and asthma like symptoms.

 

I haven’t been careful with my diet lately to be honest and I haven’t take my meds in a long time cuz in the long run I get to feel crappier when I do hence I tried to be good with my diet but if I am not I am shooting myself on the foot and get to this point. It is hard for me to do anything because I feel ill, and on top of that it is hard for me to train cuz I feel like someone is sitting on my chest 24/7 and when I exercise is like someone stuck a sock down my throat making breathing very difficult. To add to that I get headaches, stomach issues, etc. and makes training not fun hence my motivation to train tanks worst than Fannie Mae’s stocks (other than that I am fabulous ;))

ANYWAY, I began taking my meds last night again, I will get back into my boring/strict diet routine, I start using my inhaler last night which helped a lot and hope I can get this under control over the next week so I can at least be able to enjoy the race down in Cancun. It seems 2008 is going to be down as the year that wasn’t meant to be good for training/racing but yet again I can’t let this put me down. It is easier said than done but I have to remain positive and strong in the sense that I’ll take one day at a time and go from there. I know not training or been able to race at my best is not the end of the world but it is hard cuz this for me is my lifestyle. When I don’t train I don’t feel myself, when I race below my capabilities it makes me feel as an underachiever and consequently upset because yet again for ‘x’ or ‘y’ I come short of accomplishing what I think I can.  

I know no one cares whether I win a stinky dinky triathlon or if I place last. My friends and family will still like me (or put of with me :)) either way. But I do this for me as means to push my body in ways I previously imagine impossible, I know my results don’t define as a person or a coach, but it is always rewarding when you devote time to something important for you (whether a sport, a job, family, etc) and you are able to come through from beginning to end. I want that, I want to be able to work on my fitness successfully for a full year to the point that I can put together that race I’ve been seeking. That race that regardless of the result I can sit back and say, I had a great race. I want to do that now that I don’t have any other big responsibilities/priorities. Oh well, sorry for the long, boring post, that’s what happens when I don’t get enough sleep!

not much to report - still sick :(

yesterday eneded up been a "I need to sleep day" cuz of the meds I've been drinking for the chest cold makes me sleepy. I tried to bike on the trainer but I had trouble breathing so I packed it up and sleep so more. I am feeling a bit better today, we'll see if I am good to train...

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well I tried to ride but it was a failed attempt. I came back from work, packed my bike and drove to concord to ride the final charles baker time trial of the season series as my threshold session but I got there and rode 1 loop (10 miles) as warm up and within 10-15 min it was obviuos my chest is still very congested and it was going to be a bad idea to push hard. U had trouble breathing, I felt weak and even a bit dizzy so I just rode very easy to finush the loop and skipped the TT.

 

chest cold still bugging me, we'll see if I can go swimming at lunch time...

runny nose, achey body and chest congested... ugh

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chest very congested although no coughing (hich is good) and runny nose got better with meds. I felt i could do a little something but I skipped swimming cuz it tends to make my colds worst and biking would have been tough to get out and ride. I decided to run although I was nervous due to leg injury but I did the same routine as saturday (active stretching as warm up, massage on calf, and wore compression sock) and it felt fine which is nice for a change.