Training in Montana

Ran at lunchtime. Windy from the West! Tough running into the wind on the out, then tough running with the wind on the way back. No wind resistance = no cooling down. When I hit 4.1 miles and stopped, my headband was literally soaked in sweat and sweat was pouring down into my sunglasses and on the ground, being propelled by the wind. It was bizarre! I remember reading race reports of the 2011 Boston Marathon when Ryan Hall had the wind at his back on the return, and him saying how overheated he got because of a lack of wind resistance. I finally experienced that - very weird feeling.

3 miles from home. Got out late so went a bit shorter than normal. Good temps, no hat needed.

I was rudely awakened Wednesday morning at 5:30 am by an ambulance tech in the bedroom of my home. Apparently I had a seizure and my wife couldn't rouse me so she wisely called 911 and I got to ride in a red and white bus to the hospital. After tests they found abnormalities in my EEG in the right front temporal lobe, consistent with a seizure and with short term memory loss (which I've been having the past few months). Put me on an anti-seizure drug which has caused massive drowsiness so I was out of work for a while. It's now Tuesday 10/24 and I'm finally back to work, but haven't been out exercising since 10/17. I plan to ease back into it, but we'll see. Kind of a pain for life to get real and kick me in the butt.... Glad I have my health, or who knows how bad this episode might have been?