Drew Wohl

Yup.  You read that right.  My doctor wanted to give me an injection today because of my cancer treatments, and my health insurance company said no.  It will work out okay, but it is an unnecessary delay on something I need. Let me rewind a bit.  First off, I am lucky to have health insurance even with all of the issues the come up.  Second, I am lucky that I still have options and access to cancer care with all of the issues that come up.  That, however, does not mean I should not point out issues and problems that come up. Anyway, today was the day to get blood work, a doctor's visit and then the pills to start my next round of cancer treatment.   It takes awhile to get to Yale.  Today with traffic it was over 2 hours to get there.  Which is a pain. But I can get treatment, so ultimately I deal with it, more so because I like the doctor and the rest of the staff where I go 3 out of every 4 weeks (one week off.)  They make it worth...

 For the first time since November, 2020, when I snuck one last tethered swim in, I was in the water. Approximately 1,200 yards.  It is an estimate of distance.  When I was in the pool, I would go between 1.6 to 1.7 yards a stroke, sometimes more.  Since I am tethered, I am using a 1.3 or 1.4 multiple..   The key things I can look at currently are my heart rate and interval time.  Did a couple of 6:30 seconds section (6:30 non-stop) and one 10 minute section non-stop.   I went back to January and February 2020 numbers when I was still going to a fitness club.  I was putting in a lot of yards in the pool and times were strong (for me).  After a less than stellar swim, I was able to concentrate on the things I learned in a coaching session with Total Immersion.  It helped a lot.  I had dropped at least 30 seconds per 100 in late 2019.  And 2020 I was focusing on improving.  Maybe 2022 :)  

 So yesterday was the last day of July.  And I wanted to make sure I did something, especially since I was waylaid for the first 15 days of July. Garmin watch said I should rest. I was not listening. I am not sure how much I trust Garmin recommendations anyway :)   So I started running, and lungs were a bit more congested than they had been.  Legs a bit like rocks.  I still need to figure out what to do for that.  Started becoming a bit more attentive to trying to do some stretching and hydrating.  But not quite working yet. So by 15 minutes in, I was thinking, "it is okay, I did something."  But then the usual kicks in.   "Well I am almost at mile, so might as well do a mile, especially since the false flat at the start always makes the beginning difficult."  "Made a mile, about 1/2 mile back to home, let me an easier way."  At a mile and a half "Think the coughed out all the garbage in my lungs.  Though legs still s...