National Jelly Bean Day! Domino. And Rehab.

RUN 15 miles in I think 2:24

When I checked my notes later, they said 14 miles. Whatever. It's done.

I had dinner with TV and M last night, didn't get to bed and fall asleep until late -- 11pm! So when the alarm went off at 4:20...oooof I was tired. But I wanted to get this run done before an 8:30am meeting with a contractor. When I rolled out the door (late) at 5:40, I didn't need the headlamp, it was low 40's, and my lower back was threatening to spasm. Hoo boy.

But it didn't get worse, thankfully! And it wasn't that cold out. And the sun came up soon enough :)

This was a jelly bean test run, I took one bean at a time the first 10 miles, then a bean every half mile after that. I found that the inner part of a jelly bean is best spit out or it sticks to your teeth. So if you look you might find little sucked-on bean innards in TGP! I ate most of them, but some I just didn't want. They seem to sit OK in the tummy, they definitely perk up my head with flavor and distraction, but I need a better way to carry them than a baggie.

I wound out to TGP and MoBot, planning an out-n-back because I was tired and lacking imagination. On the way home, I stopped at Schnucks for a bio break and water refill. On the way back to TGP, I saw a domino in the asphalt in the road. I've seen golf balls, heard of the dominos, but this is my first sighting. If my hands weren't cold, I might have taken a picture. It was a "snake eyes" domino. What a funny thing to find.

I did great until mile 13 or so, that's when the fatigue caught up. I was walking between each mile, just long enough to extract a jelly bean from the bag, but by this time I was wanting to stop even more. I pushed it to the finish, but probably could have used more sugar than just 30 jelly beans for a 15 mile run! What was I thinking?!

My morning got shifted around when Dr M's office called with an opening at 10:30 for a follow-up. Boo to driving, but yay to being cleared for the next step in healing.

One of my podcasts discussed a 7 day test -- every time you look in a mirror, pause for a few seconds and tell yourself "I Love You". I tried it a few times -- Bee, I love you!! Not sure if laughing is the intended outcome? LOL!

The possibility of having CD is eating at me. For years I said that even if the test came back negative I still wouldn't eat breads. But now for my personal sanity I think I need to eliminate the possibility. Even though I don't think I have it, I don't trust myself! I'm great at denial. The way I see it, the result either way can help me. Positive means I need to buckle down, get careful, and fix absorption issues (like the Vitamin D). Negative means I need to focus on other routes of healing for my gut. So I'm going to ask my PCP to run the test, along with a few other common known-deficiency tests. Many of my recent podcasts are about gut healing, FODMAPs, SCD, etc. Too many ideas in my head right now, not enough answers.