75 Indiana miles

Rode 75 miles last Thursday. Good ride to Roanoke, then travelled north, then West a bit more into areas I've never been.

Friday was a rest day.

Saturday I rode 47 miles in the rain with a friend. We came upon a really bad auto accident out in the country. The ambulance had arrived, but they were still trying to get one person out of the car. Pretty gruesome sight. The Men of Steel guys didn't ride because it was raining. Huh? Fear of rust I suppose.

Sunday I ran 9.5 miles. Good run. I'm writing more brightly about running lately.

Monday ran 12.5 miles early AM. Here's the deal...my hearing 'goes out' sometimes in both ears when I run long distances. I've been telling my doctor this for over three years. My hypochondria has no end. So anyway she talked me into doing a hearing test with an ear/nose/throat specialist wherein I run for 12 miles then pop right into the sound chamber to see if they can detect anything. I ran circles around a hospital complex in the Fort (Dupont). I know every nook and cranny of the grounds now. Then I ran into the waiting room of a medical specialist and sat down, dripping wet, with a towel to sop up the perspiration. It was one of the most ridiculous moments of my life. I drank from the water fountain obnoxiously, as if I'd been lost in the desert for a week. My eyes were post-hard run blood shot, my hair was matted and wet and a mess, I changed my shirt in the parking lot and quickly soaked the fresh one. All the while I could hear every breath and my heart beep clearly in my right ear. I achieve the goal: the ear had 'gone out'. I sat. And sat. And my pulse returned to normal. And then my name was finally called....I explained the experiment in quick detail, told them I'd been running around the building in the dark for the last hour and forty-five minutes, next thing I know I was alone with little beeps going off through some head phones. I think I could hear them all. I responded affirmatively to every beeping beep, to my surprise. The nice lady did a series of test, then I saw the doctor, and on and on. Conclusion: hold your nose, close your mouth, and try to blow out your ears. "That should do it", my $30 co-pay specialist said.

I was looking for something more. But, it does seem to work. All that effort. All I needed to do was Google the subject I suppose.

This morning I put in a good 2,000 yard swim. Did 50's with head out - like what it takes to swim in an Ironman mass start with a whole bunch of bodies all over the place. Rode my bike home from work....was holding 25mph pretty consistently.