Saturday RUN 5 miles in 52 mins with EW
BIKE indoors about 15 miles in 60 mins
Sunday BIKE indoors about 22 miles in 90 mins
RUN 4.5 miles in 42 mins to TGP
Rough weekend. I won't go into it here. It was mostly in Moria and in my head. A sort of WTH effect, thinking "Just wait until Monday, start then". Some major M breakdown that started Thursday and lasted into Sunday. No more here.
Saturday EW and I met for 5 miles, I had left my beloved water bottle at her place Thursday. She loaned me her HRM and monitored my on her Garmin. She said I need to find mine! She's right! She said I ave'd 137 bpm, pretty good, but kinda high? I'm so out of shape ;)
It was a cool and steady rain, but the warmest part of the day too. Got home wet and cold to a shower. Then some food, then some anxiety, then a bike ride indoors to the Battle of The Bastards GoT. Then a long slog afternoon with the demons.
Sunday same deal, just in a different order. Bike to GoT season 7 finale, then a run to TGP. I was only going to do 30 mins or 3 miles, but it all felt so good I kept going to the "music circle" in TGP, my 2-ish mile mark. Felt great! And I didn't go over 20 miles this week, haha, see I can manage my ramp up!
My arm after Dr L treated it is SO MUCH BETTER. Damn, why do I wait?
NUMERICS 7:39 not including commute time. That's a big jump up!
BIKE 67 miles
RUN 19.5 miles
BIKE COMMUTE 30.2 miles
Sunday, March 31, 2019
Friday, March 29, 2019
"Great day for a run". And it's my ulnar nerve.
BIKE COMMUTE about 2 miles from Fo Pa parking
Had to drive in today for an appt with Dr L. I haven't mentioned this here yet, but my right forearm has been painful the past few months and in the last few weeks has become a daily frustration. It was a sharp ache that would last minutes after starting, usually in response to doing something that required me to pull, lift, or somehow use my 3 right fingers on my right hand. Lately even bumping the inner forearm, like when carrying a bike and the seat hits it, was painful. Sometimes even pulling on sleeves hurt.
I'd noticed bruises there and thought maybe I'd just bruised it initially. But the bruises came and went while the pain increased. So I finally bring this up to Dr L, who after a few tests and stretches says it's adhesions on the ulnar nerve. Makes sense from the Dr Google I'd been looking at, but I still joked that he needed to show that my left arm didn't hurt so much when stretched like that. Ooooh, he's always right! We joked, that god gave me to arms so I had an internal control. LOL.
He worked on it, scraped it, no too painful but that grinding noise was there. He was hesitant to work too hard on it because of my bleeding, even after I encouraged him to go for it. But he also thinks that this happened because of my bleeding, and said the bleeding can lead to inflammation which can lead to adhesions. So it might be a 1 or 2 week gapped treatment process. Just see how this goes first.
Already it seems better? I'm definitely less afraid to use it now, not as apprehensive.
He also worked on the lower back. We discussed my plantar tendons, seems OK, and I've ordered another pair of Adrenalines so I can swap out the old running shoes I tend to walk around it. They are likely what's contributing to this, it's happened before.
It's a warm day out, so I left my running shorts on all day at work. In the hallway to BJC, another guy walking past me said "Great day for a run!". This is like the best thing someone can say to me. First, yes, it's a great day!! Second, I've been recognized as a runner, and that hasn't happened in what seems a long time.
Last night I joined EWs small church group for a dinner (she's been inviting me for so long, but I so dislike eating out!) and tonight I join DC, JM, and AM for our annual Fish Fry!
Had to drive in today for an appt with Dr L. I haven't mentioned this here yet, but my right forearm has been painful the past few months and in the last few weeks has become a daily frustration. It was a sharp ache that would last minutes after starting, usually in response to doing something that required me to pull, lift, or somehow use my 3 right fingers on my right hand. Lately even bumping the inner forearm, like when carrying a bike and the seat hits it, was painful. Sometimes even pulling on sleeves hurt.
I'd noticed bruises there and thought maybe I'd just bruised it initially. But the bruises came and went while the pain increased. So I finally bring this up to Dr L, who after a few tests and stretches says it's adhesions on the ulnar nerve. Makes sense from the Dr Google I'd been looking at, but I still joked that he needed to show that my left arm didn't hurt so much when stretched like that. Ooooh, he's always right! We joked, that god gave me to arms so I had an internal control. LOL.
He worked on it, scraped it, no too painful but that grinding noise was there. He was hesitant to work too hard on it because of my bleeding, even after I encouraged him to go for it. But he also thinks that this happened because of my bleeding, and said the bleeding can lead to inflammation which can lead to adhesions. So it might be a 1 or 2 week gapped treatment process. Just see how this goes first.
Already it seems better? I'm definitely less afraid to use it now, not as apprehensive.
He also worked on the lower back. We discussed my plantar tendons, seems OK, and I've ordered another pair of Adrenalines so I can swap out the old running shoes I tend to walk around it. They are likely what's contributing to this, it's happened before.
It's a warm day out, so I left my running shorts on all day at work. In the hallway to BJC, another guy walking past me said "Great day for a run!". This is like the best thing someone can say to me. First, yes, it's a great day!! Second, I've been recognized as a runner, and that hasn't happened in what seems a long time.
Last night I joined EWs small church group for a dinner (she's been inviting me for so long, but I so dislike eating out!) and tonight I join DC, JM, and AM for our annual Fish Fry!
Thursday, March 28, 2019
Thursday run and training plans
RUN 5 miles in 47 mins
COMMUTE 9.4 miles
Wonderfully warm morning for our run. This time I was more prepared with new headlamp batteries and my reflective gear, but in my distraction forgot to change out of my 'around the house' old Adrenalines (circa 2016?). Didn't realize this until I was almost parked. Didn't let it stop me.
IT, BE, Mike, EW and me this morning. BE has his 1 hour stair climb race this weekend so he did the shorter loop with me and EW. BE and I got a bit ahead of the others, looped back before the zoo to pick them up again. Feels good to be running again, I feel normal!
And I'm excited (and hopefully not too ahead of myself on this, reference 2017 and 2018...) to "announce" that I've picked races for this fall. In addition to my hopes of doing 24 The Hard Way, I've found that Mark Twain 50 is running this year! So I've staked my "peak" on MT50 with maybe Shawnee Hills 50k as prep.
As expected I whipped out the old training plan calculator and did the maths. 14.8-ish miles last week, I start April on a fast build to catch the training plan's 20 week set on the last week of April. Thus I have about until May to "catch up".
The plan starts at 36 mpw. Oof. Let's see, 15-18 this week, then adding 2-3 per week.... maths... will be a tight schedule. I haven't figured out yet how to get biking in there, but I plan to use it as aerobic base building assistance.
This run felt great, BE and I looped the parking lot to hit 5 miles. All the while, BE laughing at my need to have even numbers. Hey, he didn't have to run that last 0.4 miles. He's a nice guy though :)
COMMUTE 9.4 miles
Wonderfully warm morning for our run. This time I was more prepared with new headlamp batteries and my reflective gear, but in my distraction forgot to change out of my 'around the house' old Adrenalines (circa 2016?). Didn't realize this until I was almost parked. Didn't let it stop me.
IT, BE, Mike, EW and me this morning. BE has his 1 hour stair climb race this weekend so he did the shorter loop with me and EW. BE and I got a bit ahead of the others, looped back before the zoo to pick them up again. Feels good to be running again, I feel normal!
And I'm excited (and hopefully not too ahead of myself on this, reference 2017 and 2018...) to "announce" that I've picked races for this fall. In addition to my hopes of doing 24 The Hard Way, I've found that Mark Twain 50 is running this year! So I've staked my "peak" on MT50 with maybe Shawnee Hills 50k as prep.
As expected I whipped out the old training plan calculator and did the maths. 14.8-ish miles last week, I start April on a fast build to catch the training plan's 20 week set on the last week of April. Thus I have about until May to "catch up".
The plan starts at 36 mpw. Oof. Let's see, 15-18 this week, then adding 2-3 per week.... maths... will be a tight schedule. I haven't figured out yet how to get biking in there, but I plan to use it as aerobic base building assistance.
This run felt great, BE and I looped the parking lot to hit 5 miles. All the while, BE laughing at my need to have even numbers. Hey, he didn't have to run that last 0.4 miles. He's a nice guy though :)
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Feeling some fatigue, that's a good thing!
Monday Rest, just COMMUTE 9.4 miles
Tuesday BIKE 1hr about 15 miles on Bird
RUN 48.5 mins and 5 miles in afternoon
COMMUTE 9.4 miles
Wednesday BIKE 1hr about 15 miles on Bird
COMMUTE 9.4 miles
Soon I'll be able to claim a RUN COMMUTE on Wednesdays! Not yet tho. And I found that Mark Twain 50 will be run this year, added to my calendar. As a training run for The Hard Way 24, LOL!!
The run felt really great, I would have run the usual brick but it was cold (32F) and I didn't have the momentum. I ran later in the afternoon in Fo Pa, thought it would feel rough and uneven like my afternoon runs usually/historically can. But no, the only problem I had was dialing back the pace so as not to drive the heart rate up. I took the hills easy, but didn't walk at all.
Yesterday was the health screening at work, my total cholesterol up to 183 (was 111 in early Feb) and my HDL was ">100" (was 77 in Feb). I've been off the statin for 27 days, is this a sign that my cholesterol is going back up? Will it continue to climb or is this a plateau given my dietary changes? I'm eating less than 10g saturated fat and less than 50 mg cholesterol, averaged, per day. I'm not sure I could optimize that any lower. Could eliminate dairy? See how much dairy contributes.
I discussed this briefly with TV at lunch today, said my first inclination is to start taking the statin again on April 1st, see how the side effects of leg pain goes. Sounds reasonable. I don't want to take the statin, but I kinda promised that I'd take the statin for one year post-stents. I could email Dr S, but what would my question be? Should I be more concerned about my HDL being so high? Does my 'heart condition' change the game and I need to follow different rules? If I ask him if I should take the statin, and he says take the statin, didn't I just kinda answer my own question?
Tuesday BIKE 1hr about 15 miles on Bird
RUN 48.5 mins and 5 miles in afternoon
COMMUTE 9.4 miles
Wednesday BIKE 1hr about 15 miles on Bird
COMMUTE 9.4 miles
Soon I'll be able to claim a RUN COMMUTE on Wednesdays! Not yet tho. And I found that Mark Twain 50 will be run this year, added to my calendar. As a training run for The Hard Way 24, LOL!!
The run felt really great, I would have run the usual brick but it was cold (32F) and I didn't have the momentum. I ran later in the afternoon in Fo Pa, thought it would feel rough and uneven like my afternoon runs usually/historically can. But no, the only problem I had was dialing back the pace so as not to drive the heart rate up. I took the hills easy, but didn't walk at all.
Yesterday was the health screening at work, my total cholesterol up to 183 (was 111 in early Feb) and my HDL was ">100" (was 77 in Feb). I've been off the statin for 27 days, is this a sign that my cholesterol is going back up? Will it continue to climb or is this a plateau given my dietary changes? I'm eating less than 10g saturated fat and less than 50 mg cholesterol, averaged, per day. I'm not sure I could optimize that any lower. Could eliminate dairy? See how much dairy contributes.
I discussed this briefly with TV at lunch today, said my first inclination is to start taking the statin again on April 1st, see how the side effects of leg pain goes. Sounds reasonable. I don't want to take the statin, but I kinda promised that I'd take the statin for one year post-stents. I could email Dr S, but what would my question be? Should I be more concerned about my HDL being so high? Does my 'heart condition' change the game and I need to follow different rules? If I ask him if I should take the statin, and he says take the statin, didn't I just kinda answer my own question?
Sunday, March 24, 2019
10K and change
RUN 6.2 miles in 1:01
BIKE indoors 30 mins about 7 miles aerobic extension
Rainy Sunday morning run. My "plan" said to do 55 mins but why in the world would I cut short TGP that 0.5 mile and miss the bird trail? So I did my full TGP loop to Kings. This run felt really good, some minor foot discomfort but not anything beyond discomfort. And it all felt good later too, didn't come back to haunt me.
I didn't stop the entire hour, I managed all intersections to keep running. And in the last mile found 2 pennies, to get my "change". Those were the only pauses on the run.
NUMERICS 6:49 hours, not including commute times
BIKE 74.5 miles
RUN 14.7 miles
COMMUTE 37.7 miles
This is a big jump from the past few weeks, so I hope this doesn't go bad for me. It didn't seem like a lot! And note I skipped all swims, haha. I'm thinking about being a duathlete. No, seriously!
BIKE indoors 30 mins about 7 miles aerobic extension
Rainy Sunday morning run. My "plan" said to do 55 mins but why in the world would I cut short TGP that 0.5 mile and miss the bird trail? So I did my full TGP loop to Kings. This run felt really good, some minor foot discomfort but not anything beyond discomfort. And it all felt good later too, didn't come back to haunt me.
I didn't stop the entire hour, I managed all intersections to keep running. And in the last mile found 2 pennies, to get my "change". Those were the only pauses on the run.
NUMERICS 6:49 hours, not including commute times
BIKE 74.5 miles
RUN 14.7 miles
COMMUTE 37.7 miles
This is a big jump from the past few weeks, so I hope this doesn't go bad for me. It didn't seem like a lot! And note I skipped all swims, haha. I'm thinking about being a duathlete. No, seriously!
Saturday, March 23, 2019
Frea on the MCTs!! Then Carondelet Crit watch
BIKE 35.5 miles in 2:06-ish with Frea
BIKE 4-ish miles to Carondelet with Puppy
Hoo boy! I pulled Frea out of the basement Friday night, aired up the super flat tires, cleaned the chain and adjusted the front derailleur, checked the 'nut' bag, and packed for a ride on the MCT. My favorite "safe place" to ride.
I think this is Frea's first outing since last September :)
I waited for the temps to come up a bit, when I started it was around 47 with a cool wind out of the south. So a nice tailwind outbound to my turn around, then a head wind in bound. I started from my Collinsville Culver spot. I could have kept going, it felt great!!
Some 'lady bits' pain, both before and after and now. Not sure where to go on that. lol, lady bits. What a term.
The only downside to this ride was the tootsie roll fueling, not ideal and left me not feeling too great.
Then home, quick meal, and off on Puppy to watch SO at Carendelet. I certainly don't want to get into races like that, I'm not really that type of rider. But it's fun to watch, and he makes it look so easy to surge up and navigate the field. He gave me a ride home, so only outbound miles. Funny thing, one year ago I went to FoPa to watch the Sunday crit for this same race. And he gave me a ride home :)
BIKE 4-ish miles to Carondelet with Puppy
Hoo boy! I pulled Frea out of the basement Friday night, aired up the super flat tires, cleaned the chain and adjusted the front derailleur, checked the 'nut' bag, and packed for a ride on the MCT. My favorite "safe place" to ride.
I think this is Frea's first outing since last September :)
I waited for the temps to come up a bit, when I started it was around 47 with a cool wind out of the south. So a nice tailwind outbound to my turn around, then a head wind in bound. I started from my Collinsville Culver spot. I could have kept going, it felt great!!
Some 'lady bits' pain, both before and after and now. Not sure where to go on that. lol, lady bits. What a term.
The only downside to this ride was the tootsie roll fueling, not ideal and left me not feeling too great.
Then home, quick meal, and off on Puppy to watch SO at Carendelet. I certainly don't want to get into races like that, I'm not really that type of rider. But it's fun to watch, and he makes it look so easy to surge up and navigate the field. He gave me a ride home, so only outbound miles. Funny thing, one year ago I went to FoPa to watch the Sunday crit for this same race. And he gave me a ride home :)
Friday, March 22, 2019
Rest day, tomorrow Frea on the MCT?
COMMUTE 9.4 miles
Wore my "lob" gloves today, soooo much warmer than my "savageman" gloves. Better all around.
Tomorrow I want to take Frea to the MCT for an 80-90 min ride!! Planning :)
SO has races tomorrow, he takes it so seriously. Gets me thinking why I don't. But I do. Just in a different way. But if I did, how much could I improve?
Wore my "lob" gloves today, soooo much warmer than my "savageman" gloves. Better all around.
Tomorrow I want to take Frea to the MCT for an 80-90 min ride!! Planning :)
SO has races tomorrow, he takes it so seriously. Gets me thinking why I don't. But I do. Just in a different way. But if I did, how much could I improve?
Thursday, March 21, 2019
Don't Stop My Party, so do your "Prehab"
RUN 4.5 miles in 42:55, 2 mins faster than last week
COMMUTE 9.4 miles
I've been loop playing my new song. :)
The full moon was still up pre run, hanging bright in the west sky while I drove to the run. Second week back, and this time 2 mins faster. I ran with BE, IT, and Mike (BQ guy!) up to the zoo cuttoff, then just me and BE to finish. EV and Tony and his floofie dog Frankie behind us.
Around the zoo parking lot, I asked the guys to force me into the shorter distance. I said to drop my, leave in your dust. Mike laughed and said "oh tj that would never work with you! You'd just speed up!". They decided the best way to stop me would be to dead-stop the run until I got bored and left. HAHAHAHA.
They're right. I admit.
Run felt good, some mild pain/discomfort in the right foot. Might have to check my orthotic. And once done I was glad I didn't run more.
COMMUTE 9.4 miles
I've been loop playing my new song. :)
The full moon was still up pre run, hanging bright in the west sky while I drove to the run. Second week back, and this time 2 mins faster. I ran with BE, IT, and Mike (BQ guy!) up to the zoo cuttoff, then just me and BE to finish. EV and Tony and his floofie dog Frankie behind us.
Around the zoo parking lot, I asked the guys to force me into the shorter distance. I said to drop my, leave in your dust. Mike laughed and said "oh tj that would never work with you! You'd just speed up!". They decided the best way to stop me would be to dead-stop the run until I got bored and left. HAHAHAHA.
They're right. I admit.
Run felt good, some mild pain/discomfort in the right foot. Might have to check my orthotic. And once done I was glad I didn't run more.
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Que No Pare La Fiesta. Spring Equinox and Full Moon today.
BIKE 60 mins and about 15 miles
COMMUTE 9.4 miles
SWIM ?
I'm supposed to swim today. I found every excuse this morning not to. First it was raining, so I couldn't turn my 40 min ride into a long commute. Second I thought it would make me late to work, but if I'd stick to schedule that wouldn't necessarily happen. Third I thought it would be a good test to see if I could stick to swimming this evening after work. So I'm waiting to see if that happens or not. Insert massive eye roll here.
New song for the IM Songlist -- Don't Stop The Party by Pitbull. Almost added it a few months ago, but today it fits. I'm feeling good. :)
I'm running through the world like a running back
Scarface, world's mine, running back
...
COMMUTE 9.4 miles
SWIM ?
I'm supposed to swim today. I found every excuse this morning not to. First it was raining, so I couldn't turn my 40 min ride into a long commute. Second I thought it would make me late to work, but if I'd stick to schedule that wouldn't necessarily happen. Third I thought it would be a good test to see if I could stick to swimming this evening after work. So I'm waiting to see if that happens or not. Insert massive eye roll here.
New song for the IM Songlist -- Don't Stop The Party by Pitbull. Almost added it a few months ago, but today it fits. I'm feeling good. :)
I'm running through the world like a running back
Scarface, world's mine, running back
...
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Brickety-Brick -- first of 2019?
BIKE indoors 50-55 mins, about 14 miles?
RUN outdoors 39 mins for 4 miles
COMMUTE 9.4 miles
YAY! This all felt great. I did a 20 min "TT" effort in the bike. Let's call it more of an "effort", just a smidge above baseline. Wasn't really all that hard. That wasn't the goal.
The run was great, I was supposed to ("supposed to", lol) do 35 mins but I was so close to 4 miles that I just Lapped The Track Baby and rounded it out. My garmin track will show some neighborhood loopies.
And the commute -- FINALLY not in winter gear. This felt the best, so light and I can move without all the restrictive clothing.
Day 1 or 2 of a LifeStyle30 type of thing, I set out all my clothes and prepacked for this morning. But still didn't follow my timeline schedule. So I didn't get to work until a bit after 10am. Bad. Tomorrow plan better. Skipped the 23:1 for today and just had brekkie, skipped M2 though. Feels better than yesterday's 23:1 attempt that ended with M and Balrog. My new haunts. :(
Some humor -- since I'm the only one who sometimes gets my jokes. SO ran a St Patty's 5K over the weekend and came in 1st OA. (AWESOME!). He said he missed a few turns for being out front. So can I say that's a first place problem in the world? LOL.
RUN outdoors 39 mins for 4 miles
COMMUTE 9.4 miles
YAY! This all felt great. I did a 20 min "TT" effort in the bike. Let's call it more of an "effort", just a smidge above baseline. Wasn't really all that hard. That wasn't the goal.
The run was great, I was supposed to ("supposed to", lol) do 35 mins but I was so close to 4 miles that I just Lapped The Track Baby and rounded it out. My garmin track will show some neighborhood loopies.
And the commute -- FINALLY not in winter gear. This felt the best, so light and I can move without all the restrictive clothing.
Day 1 or 2 of a LifeStyle30 type of thing, I set out all my clothes and prepacked for this morning. But still didn't follow my timeline schedule. So I didn't get to work until a bit after 10am. Bad. Tomorrow plan better. Skipped the 23:1 for today and just had brekkie, skipped M2 though. Feels better than yesterday's 23:1 attempt that ended with M and Balrog. My new haunts. :(
Some humor -- since I'm the only one who sometimes gets my jokes. SO ran a St Patty's 5K over the weekend and came in 1st OA. (AWESOME!). He said he missed a few turns for being out front. So can I say that's a first place problem in the world? LOL.
Monday, March 18, 2019
Remember the LifestyleWhole30?
Nothing. A WasGonna SWIM.
Not even a commute, I had to drive to work so I can get the doggie from the kennel.
Last night I was stress-balled out over something. Not like an acute stress, but this little thread of anxiety running through me, for the past few days. Probably the sugar I'd been eating. Last Thursday I picked up some caramels from Fresh Thyme, kinda gave myself permission to M them, then Friday M some tootsie roll pop and caramel, then drew the line that night for no more. Last Weds was 200d without M, so why go back on that? I dunno.
Also last night I took a benadryl to sleep, I didn't sleep through the night at all while at home and it caught up to me on the drive back. Falling asleep a bit! I slept fully last night, so much that when the alarm sounded at 6am, 6:30am, 7am, I just kept delaying it. Slept until about 8am! I needed it.
But then I missed my swim. Fair trade.
I felt not so good about nutrition over the weekend. My appetite is weak and so I just let myself "eat whatever". That turned out to be sugar. No Bueno. So I stopped that Friday night, but still felt the effects and the pull for more carbs the next few days. I was zombie-brain-ish, tired, and instead of veggies just ate whatever.
This is good and bad. It's good that I ate chicken with the family, it's not good that I followed it with 7 rice cakes. It's good that I tried the buttercream off the birthday cake, not good that I kept trying to get more and more, then filled that urge by overeating fruit afterwards. It's good that I topped rice cakes with that fake butter, but bad that it only caused me to crave more and more. Sugar, salt, fat. Lots like this over the weekend.
Two things popped into my head on the drive. Should I do a round of the plant paradox to "clean this up". And I need to start training again to get this nervous energy out of me.
On the drive I shopped to wake myself up (then munched the food to stay awake, even though not hungry) and bought foods for two meals. 1: greek yogurt with oats. 2: cottage cheese to mix with frozen beans and broccoli and instant potatoes. (even though I had about 5lbs of real russet potatoes in the truck with me). Before going to bed, I made 5-6 meals of each of these for the week. Um....yum? And I can do better. Right?
Also last night I pulled out the 2014 blog book, I'm drawn to 2014 as the "before" in my life. The year my health tanked and my life changed. I keep going back to it. Five years ago already! I'd forgotten that in that book I opened up with a LifestyleWhole30 challenge for myself. Sad sad sad to read that those goals are STILL my goals. And sad to realize the mental-wall-blocks that drove the need to make those changes.
I printed out the post to read again. In thinking about it, it's not like I need to do another LW30. I'm still chasing those goals using my bullet journal check list and my daily index card check list. My don't these changes stick?
And why do I feel like I'm bouncing between ideas so fast and so unfulfillingly? I'm plant paradox, then time restricted, now 23:1. I'm whole food good then caramels and instant mashed potatoes. I don't sleep good at night without a pill assist. I'm craving SOMETHING. And I don't know what.
Gotta fill that time with training I guess.
And as per usual, when I see a full moon or an equinox on the calendar I set these big goals of "This Is The Day". Many full moons have gone by. Many new moons too, and I count those as well. I'm kinda pathetic, lol.
This week is the vernal equinox at 4:58 pm and four hours later a full moon at 8:43 pm. And it's a Supermoon, no less. So what are my goals this time?
Get to my swim on time, maybe?
Not even a commute, I had to drive to work so I can get the doggie from the kennel.
Last night I was stress-balled out over something. Not like an acute stress, but this little thread of anxiety running through me, for the past few days. Probably the sugar I'd been eating
Also last night I took a benadryl to sleep, I didn't sleep through the night at all while at home and it caught up to me on the drive back. Falling asleep a bit! I slept fully last night, so much that when the alarm sounded at 6am, 6:30am, 7am, I just kept delaying it. Slept until about 8am! I needed it.
But then I missed my swim. Fair trade.
I felt not so good about nutrition over the weekend. My appetite is weak and so I just let myself "eat whatever". That turned out to be sugar. No Bueno. So I stopped that Friday night, but still felt the effects and the pull for more carbs the next few days. I was zombie-brain-ish, tired, and instead of veggies just ate whatever.
This is good and bad. It's good that I ate chicken with the family, it's not good that I followed it with 7 rice cakes. It's good that I tried the buttercream off the birthday cake, not good that I kept trying to get more and more, then filled that urge by overeating fruit afterwards. It's good that I topped rice cakes with that fake butter, but bad that it only caused me to crave more and more. Sugar, salt, fat. Lots like this over the weekend.
Two things popped into my head on the drive. Should I do a round of the plant paradox to "clean this up". And I need to start training again to get this nervous energy out of me.
On the drive I shopped to wake myself up (then munched the food to stay awake, even though not hungry) and bought foods for two meals. 1: greek yogurt with oats. 2: cottage cheese to mix with frozen beans and broccoli and instant potatoes. (even though I had about 5lbs of real russet potatoes in the truck with me). Before going to bed, I made 5-6 meals of each of these for the week. Um....yum? And I can do better. Right?
Also last night I pulled out the 2014 blog book, I'm drawn to 2014 as the "before" in my life. The year my health tanked and my life changed. I keep going back to it. Five years ago already! I'd forgotten that in that book I opened up with a LifestyleWhole30 challenge for myself. Sad sad sad to read that those goals are STILL my goals. And sad to realize the mental-wall-blocks that drove the need to make those changes.
I printed out the post to read again. In thinking about it, it's not like I need to do another LW30. I'm still chasing those goals using my bullet journal check list and my daily index card check list. My don't these changes stick?
And why do I feel like I'm bouncing between ideas so fast and so unfulfillingly? I'm plant paradox, then time restricted, now 23:1. I'm whole food good then caramels and instant mashed potatoes. I don't sleep good at night without a pill assist. I'm craving SOMETHING. And I don't know what.
Gotta fill that time with training I guess.
And as per usual, when I see a full moon or an equinox on the calendar I set these big goals of "This Is The Day". Many full moons have gone by. Many new moons too, and I count those as well. I'm kinda pathetic, lol.
This week is the vernal equinox at 4:58 pm and four hours later a full moon at 8:43 pm. And it's a Supermoon, no less. So what are my goals this time?
Get to my swim on time, maybe?
Sunday, March 17, 2019
Home for the March birthdays, but first a Thursday Run!
Thursday RUN 4.5 miles in 45 mins
Friday and Saturday REST
Sunday RUN 4.5 miles in about 42 mins on TM
BIKE 1 hour easy, maybe 14 miles? on trainer to burn energy.
I'M back to the group run!! I wasn't sure when to leave the house to arrive on time, and I wanted to do my warmup walks. So I kinda anxiously paced around the house before leaving, then left, then anxiously walked around the parking lot waiting for everyone to show up! It was post-rain warm out, SHORTS warm out, so of course people would show up :)
IT, BE, EV, and the guy whose name I don't remember were there. BE and EV did the "zoo loop" with me, and I felt great. As much as I wanted to go more, I knew to wait for both cardiac endurance and my foot to catch up with my dreams of running the loop.
This was my first Thursday run since August, when I ran the loop right before Sunset Hills. So good to be back, and my goal is to be full loop running in April. Two more Thursdays of shorter, then build up from there.
Then after that -- drive home for the March Birthday festivities! I held to me 23:1 fast rules Thursday, Friday, but then relaxed it a bit Sat and Sun after not feeling up for it. The distractions don't help. But I was eating too much carbs, didn't feel good. I had planned a treadmill run Saturday but moved it to Sunday. That 4.5 milers felt great, no issues there either. Yay!
Drive home, anxious about nutrition, bought some different foods (instant mashed potatoes, don't ask why, I couldn't guess) (the salt maybe, and/or the creamy/comfort/easy digest aspect?), got home and made new meals for the week. Then to burn stress sat on the trainer for an easy hour.
During the hour, I took some guidelines from my beloved Ultrafuel training plan to sketch out a week's worth of workouts. I like the weekly structure and SBR balance of that plan so I keep reusing it. Until I join group workouts, it will give me some goals.
I'm itching for something...not sure what.
Friday and Saturday REST
Sunday RUN 4.5 miles in about 42 mins on TM
BIKE 1 hour easy, maybe 14 miles? on trainer to burn energy.
I'M back to the group run!! I wasn't sure when to leave the house to arrive on time, and I wanted to do my warmup walks. So I kinda anxiously paced around the house before leaving, then left, then anxiously walked around the parking lot waiting for everyone to show up! It was post-rain warm out, SHORTS warm out, so of course people would show up :)
IT, BE, EV, and the guy whose name I don't remember were there. BE and EV did the "zoo loop" with me, and I felt great. As much as I wanted to go more, I knew to wait for both cardiac endurance and my foot to catch up with my dreams of running the loop.
This was my first Thursday run since August, when I ran the loop right before Sunset Hills. So good to be back, and my goal is to be full loop running in April. Two more Thursdays of shorter, then build up from there.
Then after that -- drive home for the March Birthday festivities! I held to me 23:1 fast rules Thursday, Friday, but then relaxed it a bit Sat and Sun after not feeling up for it. The distractions don't help. But I was eating too much carbs, didn't feel good. I had planned a treadmill run Saturday but moved it to Sunday. That 4.5 milers felt great, no issues there either. Yay!
Drive home, anxious about nutrition, bought some different foods (instant mashed potatoes, don't ask why, I couldn't guess) (the salt maybe, and/or the creamy/comfort/easy digest aspect?), got home and made new meals for the week. Then to burn stress sat on the trainer for an easy hour.
During the hour, I took some guidelines from my beloved Ultrafuel training plan to sketch out a week's worth of workouts. I like the weekly structure and SBR balance of that plan so I keep reusing it. Until I join group workouts, it will give me some goals.
I'm itching for something...not sure what.
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
So much goes on that I don't mention
BIKE COMMUTE 14.6 ish miles, commute plus TGP 5 miles
I try to keep these tight and focused on just training. But when I'm not training as much... I end up not posting anything. And stuff does happen, I should mention more. So here's some random stuff.
Yesterday on the commute into work I found a $10 bill on a side street before I got to Arsenal. I rode past and saw it, thought it couldn't really be...but it was!
Today right before I left for work I got a message about an OfferUp sale, $1 for a baby spoon with an eagle on it. And guess what, the guy lives on my way to work at Taylor and Manchester.
I've been selling lots online! Some recents include the chaise lounge I bought only last fall, the mantle clock I built many years ago, my dutch oven, two boxes of random stuff thrown in for a low price. Got some free dining room chairs and a table, needed the chairs so once the table is refinished I'll sell that too. [PS I still say the chair is real wood! LOL]
Yesterday I get an email from the old neighborhood list, the people who bought the old house are doing some wallpaper and painting work, and removing wall sconces. It took me a bit to remember the old sconces - in the master bedroom over the fireplace. Good for them, I don't care what they do. But then last night I had a dream that I was going by the house repeatedly (I think I moved back into the 'hood or something) and I was seeing wild bright bold colors and nursery decorations and one time I was going through the house on a train (I dunno, it was a dream) and it was going too fast for me to tell which house I was in, but I did note that the kitchen was a rainbow ombre. eek.
I've settled on a somewhat new eating pattern that keeps my stomach really happy. I'll detail it later if it really holds up. I've cut out rice cakes and yogurt for now. Except the yogurt from SO, I'll eat that, it's special! I just pick out the nuts I can't eat. But oooooh it's too too sweet. Maybe try diluting it out with plain yogurt? And I've found what I think is the best plain yogurt, even better than Aldi - for the same price the one at Save A Lot.
Speaking of Aldi, my Aldi moves this week to a new location! Hope the prices don't go up.
And speaking of shopping, usually I do lots of weekend grocery shopping but this weekend was very minimal. I had a $10 off of a $50 order for Fresh Thyme that I used to buy nutritional yeast, my Jarrow pills, some Natural Calm, and a few treats that weren't worth it. Also tried whey protein isolate. The texture is awful but the flavor not so bad.
I still haven't purchased any meat since... November or December? I think December. I'm calling myself a facultative vegetarian - I'll eat meat if presented or the only option. The lack of interest in meat really surprised me. I don't crave it at all. But I do need to get some protein in. And protein powders don't work well for me. I'll just eat that and nothing else! I tried eggs, they don't taste good anymore. What?!
And on March 1st I stopped taking my statin prescription. I got it in my head that the med was causing the leg aches I was having every night. Not cramps, not related to activity (remember I haven't been running in February), and so to test it I stopped taking them. And the aches are gone? Or is that in my head. Either way, the cramps are gone. I have an opportunity to have my cholesterol tested at the end of March, see what happens. The statins were mostly prescribed to "reduce inflammation" after the stents were placed. So here goes another experiment.
I try to keep these tight and focused on just training. But when I'm not training as much... I end up not posting anything. And stuff does happen, I should mention more. So here's some random stuff.
Yesterday on the commute into work I found a $10 bill on a side street before I got to Arsenal. I rode past and saw it, thought it couldn't really be...but it was!
Today right before I left for work I got a message about an OfferUp sale, $1 for a baby spoon with an eagle on it. And guess what, the guy lives on my way to work at Taylor and Manchester.
I've been selling lots online! Some recents include the chaise lounge I bought only last fall, the mantle clock I built many years ago, my dutch oven, two boxes of random stuff thrown in for a low price. Got some free dining room chairs and a table, needed the chairs so once the table is refinished I'll sell that too. [PS I still say the chair is real wood! LOL]
Yesterday I get an email from the old neighborhood list, the people who bought the old house are doing some wallpaper and painting work, and removing wall sconces. It took me a bit to remember the old sconces - in the master bedroom over the fireplace. Good for them, I don't care what they do. But then last night I had a dream that I was going by the house repeatedly (I think I moved back into the 'hood or something) and I was seeing wild bright bold colors and nursery decorations and one time I was going through the house on a train (I dunno, it was a dream) and it was going too fast for me to tell which house I was in, but I did note that the kitchen was a rainbow ombre. eek.
I've settled on a somewhat new eating pattern that keeps my stomach really happy. I'll detail it later if it really holds up. I've cut out rice cakes and yogurt for now. Except the yogurt from SO, I'll eat that, it's special! I just pick out the nuts I can't eat. But oooooh it's too too sweet. Maybe try diluting it out with plain yogurt? And I've found what I think is the best plain yogurt, even better than Aldi - for the same price the one at Save A Lot.
Speaking of Aldi, my Aldi moves this week to a new location! Hope the prices don't go up.
And speaking of shopping, usually I do lots of weekend grocery shopping but this weekend was very minimal. I had a $10 off of a $50 order for Fresh Thyme that I used to buy nutritional yeast, my Jarrow pills, some Natural Calm, and a few treats that weren't worth it. Also tried whey protein isolate. The texture is awful but the flavor not so bad.
I still haven't purchased any meat since... November or December? I think December. I'm calling myself a facultative vegetarian - I'll eat meat if presented or the only option. The lack of interest in meat really surprised me. I don't crave it at all. But I do need to get some protein in. And protein powders don't work well for me. I'll just eat that and nothing else! I tried eggs, they don't taste good anymore. What?!
And on March 1st I stopped taking my statin prescription. I got it in my head that the med was causing the leg aches I was having every night. Not cramps, not related to activity (remember I haven't been running in February), and so to test it I stopped taking them. And the aches are gone? Or is that in my head. Either way, the cramps are gone. I have an opportunity to have my cholesterol tested at the end of March, see what happens. The statins were mostly prescribed to "reduce inflammation" after the stents were placed. So here goes another experiment.
Monday, March 11, 2019
Return to Running. Version 3.0-something or other
Saturday RUN!! 2.4 miles in 24 mins
Sunday BIKE 60 mins indoors on Bird
Monday RUN 2.6 miles in 26 mins
COMMUTE 9.5 miles
Long time no post, not for lack of things to say. Thursday 28th saw Dr L and mentioned my left foot injury. For that I was rewarded with a scraping. I wouldn't call it pain. More like a tortuous discomfort. As for my back the lumbar area was curved the wrong way. And he noticed my shoulders not moving, test showed that lifting my arms up to my ears was slow and limited. Overall, things good. Sounds like this is part of a "return to activity" symptom.
Then that Thursday I went home for a weekend, my first since xmas. My left foot was bruised from treatment, but my new Brooks Adrenalines were at the house and they had a treadmill. So I did a 1 hour walk Friday, felt good. Then tried a 1 hour walk with a few mins over running, maybe 60-90 seconds per 5 mins interval, and that felt good too!
Back in St Louis, the weather got too cold to commute so for a whole week I had to drive in. This killed my buzz and I didn't do anything swim, bike, or run. Not even to the gym.
Then this latest Saturday rolls around and I wake up to RAIN and t-storms. So I ran, of course, right? I did my Jeff-Arsenal-Grand-Wyo loop and it felt wonderful!
Lent was this past Wednesday and I think I'm giving up nutrition for Lent. Gonna stop forcing down food because "you should eat". Feeling better for it.
Today's run with the Daylight Savings time change was also wonderful. Same route with an extra couple of tenths by looping the Roosevelt track on time. Now I have group rides and speedworks on the brain. Baby steps, as SO tells me.
I came back after the run feeling a bit off, tried some Noosa yogurt SO brought last night but it didn't stay down. Not sure if it was that, the milk, the whatever. I don't know.
Sunday BIKE 60 mins indoors on Bird
Monday RUN 2.6 miles in 26 mins
COMMUTE 9.5 miles
Long time no post, not for lack of things to say. Thursday 28th saw Dr L and mentioned my left foot injury. For that I was rewarded with a scraping. I wouldn't call it pain. More like a tortuous discomfort. As for my back the lumbar area was curved the wrong way. And he noticed my shoulders not moving, test showed that lifting my arms up to my ears was slow and limited. Overall, things good. Sounds like this is part of a "return to activity" symptom.
Then that Thursday I went home for a weekend, my first since xmas. My left foot was bruised from treatment, but my new Brooks Adrenalines were at the house and they had a treadmill. So I did a 1 hour walk Friday, felt good. Then tried a 1 hour walk with a few mins over running, maybe 60-90 seconds per 5 mins interval, and that felt good too!
Back in St Louis, the weather got too cold to commute so for a whole week I had to drive in. This killed my buzz and I didn't do anything swim, bike, or run. Not even to the gym.
Then this latest Saturday rolls around and I wake up to RAIN and t-storms. So I ran, of course, right? I did my Jeff-Arsenal-Grand-Wyo loop and it felt wonderful!
Lent was this past Wednesday and I think I'm giving up nutrition for Lent. Gonna stop forcing down food because "you should eat". Feeling better for it.
Today's run with the Daylight Savings time change was also wonderful. Same route with an extra couple of tenths by looping the Roosevelt track on time. Now I have group rides and speedworks on the brain. Baby steps, as SO tells me.
I came back after the run feeling a bit off, tried some Noosa yogurt SO brought last night but it didn't stay down. Not sure if it was that, the milk, the whatever. I don't know.
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