Sunday May 18 - Still not feeling real good today. Chest pains since Friday of last week. Kind of discouraging, but I'm trying to stay upbeat. Heather had a bunch of friends pray for me at church. I decided to go for a long ride in the afternoon - biking from my house towards Glenwood, where there are some decent hills. The first 46 miles were into a fairly steady headwind of 12 - 16 mph. I felt OK, but not great. I got to Sunburg after around 30 some miles. There was a big parade in Sunburg, and the streets were blocked off. I asked the Sheriff who was blocking the streets if I could bike through, and he said to go ahead. However, I felt kind of foolish biking against the grain of the parade - the fire engines, ambulances, floats, etc going Southbound, and me going in the opposite lane Northbound. So I decided to quietly sneak along the sidewalk. Bad move. Some oblivious parade spectator decided to leave her perch on the lawn to retrieve some candy from the street. She walked right in front of me, without seeing me. I slowed down, and started to swerve around her. I was just crawling along. She stepped back right in my path. So I veered left. She again stepped right in front! By this time, I lost all momentum and tried desperately to unclip my pedals. No such luck. Down I go, hard to the concrete sidewalk, right in front of hundreds of spectators and parade-goers! Then, to make it worse, the oblivious obstacle in my path heard the crash (she never saw me), and looked down at me on the sidewalk and stated "Looks like someone doesn't know how to balance"!! I couldn't believe it. With nothing really to say, I got back on my bike and rode off. Fortunately, my heart started feeling better within about 5 miles of that incident. After hitting some good hills on my way to Terrace, I decided to turn back. I logged 95 miles in 5 hours of riding, averaging 19 mph. A pretty good day. I lifted weights for 40 minutes at night.Total time = 5:40

Monday May 19 - Taught a triathlon clinic at the YMCA tonight. Went very well. Had a good turnout of about a dozen people, and they were very engaged and interested. Ran 4 miles after the clinic, and lifted weights for 30 minutes. Felt decent.Total time = 1 hour.

Tuesday May 20 - Very busy day at work today. I traveled to Minneapolis for a very interesting meeting that could lead to a career change at some point. I will continue to pray about this, and seek the Lord's direction and guidance. Lifted weights for 30 minutes - basically took the day off, though. Total time = 30 minutes .

Wednesday May 21 - Ran 9 miles. Total time = 65 minutes.

Thursday May 22 - Biked to work - 18.5 miles in about an hour. Biked home, but only made it 6 miles before flatting. Ran 2 miles while I waited for my dad to pick me up on his way home from fishing, pushing my bikes and carrying my shoes. Not a real good idea, because I ran stocking-foot on the freshly-patched asphalt, causing some good blisters on my feet as well as some leg cramping in my calfs the next few days. Total time = 1:40.

Friday May 23 - Run 8 miles, swim 0.9 miles, lift for 30 minutes. Felt pretty decent today, but the legs were sore running. Still fatigued. Not the greatest training week so far. Total time = 2:10.

Saturday May 24 - Headed up to the cabin today for Memorial Day weekend. Light training. Swam for 52 minutes in the morning (about 1.5 miles), and ran 6 miles when I got to the cabin. Felt OK on the run, but still not that great. Total time = 1 hour 37 minutes.

Week Summary:
Swimming: 2.4 miles (4400 yds)
Biking: 120 miles
Running: 29 miles
Total Time: 13:42