A week of sweat

So as I mentioned last week, I have spent the entire week at the gym doing nothing but stretching and cardio.  I have been getting in about 30-35 minutes of cardio per day.  I have been using machines that monitor your heart rate and adjust the resistance to keep you in an effective range for my age and weight.  For me that number is 139 beats a minute or more.

The intent of this week of no weight work is to see how the right side pain responds.  I can tell you as of now I don’t really feel anything in that area.  I can also report that during all of this cardio time during the week I haven’t felt the same harsh fatigue that was hitting me hard a couple weeks ago.  I plan to do a slow run at the track tonight after work to see how I feel as running was really where I most noticed the change in my energy level.

I’m not really sure what this experiment proves or disproves.  I have one more test on Monday, a chest CT where they want to take one more look at a small nodule they saw in my lung.  It will also give a look at my remaining other major organs just to see what’s up.  At this point I am wondering if this will just be one of those mysterious things that just comes and go as I continue to age.

This weekend has full yard maintenance on the docket.  Last night I was thinking about trying to get the mowing done but the skies were very threatening and I had a bunch of other stuff to get done so I didn’t get the chance.  As always I will hope to knock all of it out at the beginning.  I hate having work yet to be done hanging over the second half of my weekend.

I brought my One Wheel with today.  Instead of doing another cardio session at the gym I’m just going to ride the board, perhaps all the way to the beach and back, a fun change up in routine.