Infusion Two (of Four): Week Three

Date:	Workout:	Total workout time:	Energy (1-10):	Notes:
8/20	MTB in Park City/Skills practice	3	8	Felt good today.  Crashed hard on MTB.
8/21	Yoga	.5	7	Really sore from crash.
8/22	Easy ride to run errands/Leg/Core workout	1.5	7	Worked a part-day today.  Still sore from crash.
8/23	MTB on Shoreline/morning run	2.75	8	Felt pretty good today on both run and ride.  Easy pace.  Very pleased w/ how body is healing from crash.
8/24	MTB in Park City/Core workout	3.0	9	Moderate ride.  One of my harder intensity ones since starting treatment.
8/25	MTB on Shoreline/core	3	9	Feeling really good after a moderate ride yesterday!
8/26	Run w/ Dizzy	.5	8	Easy run in the mountains after work.
	Total hours:	14.25

Week Notes:  This is probably deserving of an entire blog post, but this will suffice for now.  On Tuesday I crashed my mountain bike.  Hard.  It was a silly crash where I hooked my handlebar on a tree and was catapulted down a small ravine.  As I lay on the ground, I was certain that I had done serious damage to my body, but surprising, everything was intact.  My body was mostly covered by arm coolers and long socks which helped prevent cuts.  Nothing was broken and I was able to get back on my bike and finish my ride.  By the end of the following day, muscle soreness set in and I was moving about slowly.  I took it easy Wednesday and Thursday icing sore muscles, taking Epson Salt baths, and stretching.  By Friday I was feeling 90% and ready to ride my bike and run!  While I don't advocate dangerous activities while undergoing chemo, and I try to be quite careful on my bike, my body once again happily surprised me with its resiliency.  Despite undergoing chemo, my body seemed to heal at a similar rate to my non-chemo body.  I am not sure if nutrition, supplements, acupuncture, or a combination of all is helping support my body, but I plan to keep on keeping on!  Back in the infusion room tomorrow.

Infusion Two (of Four): Week Two

Date:	Workout:	Total workout time:	Energy  (1-10): 10=feel normal	Notes:
8/14	MTB ride	1.75	7	Easy MTB from house, up Millcreek, and down Pipeline to Rattlesnake Gulch.
8/15	Skills ride/Leg/core workout	1.25	7.5	Energy starting to improve.
8/16	Morning run/Easy MTB ride	1.25	7.5
8/17	Rest day		8	Attended Autism conference all day
8/18	Leg workout/Skills ride	1	8	Attended Autism conference most of day.  Leg workout at Lunch and practiced skills at Trailside skills park in evening.
8/19	MTB ride	2.75	8	Park City MTB ride.  Feeling pretty good despite first week back to work.
8/20	Legs/Core workout	1	8.5	Rested after work and then a solid leg/core workout.
	Total hours:	9

Notes:  Although my exercise hours are less than week two of infusion one, I feel that I had a solid week of maintaining fitness.  Overall, I felt good.  I was a bit concerned about my energy levels with returning to work AND attending the Autism conference this week, however I was able to balance work, rest, exercise, and even a little bit of non-work/non-bike socialization without over-exerting myself!  This week it was all about conserving energy and prioritizing to do the things that were important to me.  

Infusion Two (of 4): Week One

Date:	Workout:	Total workout time:	Energy (1-10):	Notes:
8/6	Ride to Huntsman/Leg/Core workout	1.25	9	Felt good in morning.  Infusion #2.  Wiped out in evening.
8/7	Walk	.5	3	Tired.  Poor appetite.
8/8	Walk/Yoga	1	3	Tired.  Poor appetite.
8/9	Hike	1	4	Energy improved a bit.  Appetite still poor.
8/10	Mellow bike ride	1.5	5	Mellow ride up Emigration.  Tired after.
8/11	Mellow bike ride	1.5	5	Mellow ride up Emigration.  Tired after.
8/12	Core/Leg workout	.5	6	First day back to work.  Improved energy, but still tired after work.
	Total hours:	7.25