Today was the eighth day in a row of continuous atrial fibrillation all day and all night. Last night I was awake all night. I did a lot of praying and thinking about God. It was just before sunrise when I finally got to sleep and then I slept until after noon.
For today’s workout: After a week of keeping the daily 10K rowing pace at 2:35.3, yesterday I decided to tweak it a little bit faster, to 2:35.2/500 meters. Atrial fibrillation continued.
Today, though atrial fibrillation was continuing, I decided to try tweaking the 10K rowing pace by another 1/10th second, to 2:35.1/500 meters. Heart rate seemed to get a bit more stable as the 10,000 meter session continued and by the time the 10K was completed, heart rate definitely seemed better though still not normal. An ECG reading was taken and it reported “INCONCLUSIVE” which means heart rate wasn’t normal but it wasn’t atrial fibrillation either.
After the 10K, I did a couple of supplementary 2,000 meter sessions. After the first of those two 2K sessions, heart rate returned to feeling normal and the ECG reading reported “SINUS RHYTHM” for the first time in 8 days.
Answered prayers? I’m thankful to God.
Happy rowing to you!