42 days until I am at the start line of IMC. Training is going really well now that I feel
better. I had no idea that a food
allergy could knock a person on their rear.
A few weeks ago I went to Chelan to ride the Chelan Century,
a really tough century ride and excellent training for IMC. 3 days before the ride I learned what was causing
my fatigue, eggs. Before I learned that I
was allergic to eggs my doc and I thought I had an allergy to soy and maybe
gluten. Being mostly vegan except for
some sustainably raised eggs and a little Copper River salmon I had to forego
my main source of protein, gluten and soy.
I ate a lot of eggs for three weeks or so and I never noticed feeling
all that much better from the elimination of gluten and soy in my diet
Prior to figuring all this out I was exhausted all the
time. I would want to curl up in my
office and take a nap in the afternoon and I would go home after working out in
the evening and crash by 8PM. Not a very
fun way to live and I am certain I was not a lot of fun to live with
either.
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| Beverage post Chelan Century (55 mile for me) |
My fatigue was so great that I was not able to ride all 100
miles of the Chelan century. My body
just couldn’t do it. I might have been able to push through it but I think I would
have been even more discouraged. I threw
in the towel at mile 55 and ended my ride.
Mid way through my 55 mile ride I called Craig to talk about not doing
IMC. I just could not wrap my brain
around even getting though the 2.4 mile swim of Ironman and that is the event I
like the most. Craig gave me the best
advice ever; give myself 10 more days to make the decision, let my body recover
from eating the food that my body thought was a poison and see how I feel.
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| Beverage after GREAT 100 mile with Craig |
I rode my bike for 100 miles on the 4th of July
and I felt really strong. I am still not the fastest rider but I can
ride a 100 miles even with 6000 feet of climbing and have something left. I will be at the start of IMC and I will cross
the finish line with a really big smile.
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| New hair do....."chic mohawk" |
Next adventure is ChelanMan weekend and then IMC Camp.
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| ChelanMan weekend ride the day after Olympic Tri - 7 miles 12% grade |
