RUN 7 miles in a squeak under 59 mins. An 8:26 pace!
BIKE COMMUTE 6.4 miles
Last night my energy crashed. I had zero oomph, motivation, or clarity. It was like living in a fog. I'm guessing it's nutritional, because I carb-binged on rice and PB2 after dinner. I ate to try to satisfy something I thought my body was craving, but I never did get satisfied. I didn't feel good AT ALL afterwards. It ended up being a zero points day :(
But this morning I had great energy as evidenced by a great run! However, the energy was countered by an upset tummy.
I'm still having that heavy, swollen belly feeling I've had all week. On the plus side, the back feels great today -- minor if any discomfort so I'm pretty happy with that.
So what happened yesterday? I'm guessing a had a nutrition or refueling gap, brought on by the lack of appetite and lack of motivation to prepare good foods. I skated by yesterday morning on one of my egg+banana+quinoa/rice pancakes. Unsatisfying. This probably set me up for cravings and sugar highs and lows.
Problem with this is that it doesn't just end there, it tends to spill over into the next day. So I wake up this morning still feeling unsatisfied. Out with the MS, RC, reds left from yesterday, then the greens. And a bunch of PNs. As I was throwing out the first batch of above, I felt raindrops! The rest of the morning was light rain, and a little heavier rain for my ride in.
So I'm still fighting a few problems off, and it's interesting I say "fight" because TH sent me a song recommendation this morning: Fight Song by Rachel Platten. I just played it while typing this. Will it make the Songlist? See below for some lyrics. Anyhoo, off track...
Aside from my Disney issue, the back pain, the upset stomach, the dog's potential skin problem (she's maybe developing hot spots on her back), the lack of serious work engagement, the upcoming race, the upcoming taper, the upcoming last big training weekend....!! WOW that's a lot to mull over, then add in poor nutrition and energy dysregulation and you have a good storm.
TH just sent me a suggestion: Also try to see if this has something to do with a control issue. If you can control the situation then figure it out and resolve it. If you can't control the issue, like when you were worried hoe he would react about releasing your phone, then put it in your God box or in your case John box. Either an imaginary box or write it down and put it in a box and let John help you. He is there to take your burden away. It really does help. If you don't know the issue. Describe the feeling and what your body is doing. Then put that in Johns box. Something to try that won't hurt anything.
So...(she's referring to my STALKER JOHN)...what can I control. It seems everything I listed above is my doing. What can I put away in a box right now? Disney. What can I put away in a box until the weekend? The long runs. What can I put away into a box for after this weekend? The taper. What can't I put in the box? My nutrition, my sleep, my rest. Oh and the dog. haha!
I'm down, but not out! Stay positive, I've got a lot of fight left in me.
This is my fight song
Take back my life song
Prove I'm alright song
My power's turned on
Starting right now I'll be strong
I'll play my fight song
And I don't really care if nobody else believes
Cause I've still got a lot of fight left in me
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