After the 2x Thursday run on the 9th of July...
Tuesday RUN 1 mile at track
Wednesday RUN 5 miles, walk 1 mile. Run 55 mins
Thursday BIKE 15.5 miles, 2x TGP and
COMMUTE home 5.5 miles
Saturday RUN 5 miles in 54:24, walk 1 mile
Sunday BIKE 3X TGP solo
WHOO! Still no swimming, pool still closed. I think. I haven't checked since...oh...the last time I checked. Haha.
Tuesday. I ran 1 mile then BE showed up. Then we just walked. A brick walk to be sure, and a long one. But just walked. Felt OK, and he shared his recent news about visit to Florida, his dad, and dad's goings-ons.
Wednesday. Ran 5 miles on my 6-miler TGP loop, and when I felt my form give out I walked the rest of it. LA was in St Robert to sign some paperwork, so it was solo. This was a great run, very unlike the 6 miler I tried recently in Forest Park. In that run, I just wanted to walk and walk. This I wanted to run, and only walked a few times. See below for discussion on this. And -- no hip/hamstring pain still.
Thursday. On the bike to work, I did 2 TGP loops. These were slower than expected! 17:11 and 17:08. Then I bike to LA apartment (last time for that!), then to work. Then commute home. All felt great, no issues with the hip bone. Just some chafing from wearing non-biking shorts.
Saturday. Same run as Wednesday, and same feeling and times. LA out with his kids, so another solo. See below for more on this. This run also felt great, didn't suffer the rest of the day, no pains, no issues at all.
Sunday. Today! 3x TGP since I won't be able to join BE tomorrow. I was shocked to see my sub-17 times: 16:57, 16:38, 16:24!! Whoa, big difference from Wednesday! This felt wonderful, and I didn't mind the puppies and kids and all the people sharing the park with me. I weaved and enjoyed my music and sunshine and the feeling of flying on Puppy. I did get some right hand numbness, foot soreness, and I count them as just "adapting" pains.
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OK. Training review done. Now onto deeper topics.
First off, the 24 hour urine test came back normal for cortisol, but elevated (180) cortisone. I don't know what that means. But Dr A came back "mystified" (nice) and suggested I talk to Dr S. I'll do that after Michigan. I see him in Sept.
While on that topic, so far since the 7th of July my energy levels have been GREAT. No slump, no suffer, no pains in the boobs. I'm awake and zippy and strong, when I hit the gas to accelerate I actually speed up. What that heck?! I started tracking all these symptoms, there's a cycle to it I think.
What's changed? Since June 22 no dairy. Since July 1st no added sugar. And sometime in between my multivitamin ran out and I haven't bought more. Just adding that last one for purposes of being detailed. Also, the end of June was stressful for me, thinking that LA would be gone on the 1st to visit with his kids. But I'm not sure that's what's causing the symptoms, see next.
He didn't get to visit with the kids, so I got him for another 17 days!! While I want him to spend time with the kids, I'm also happy to take what I can get. So now it's just the stress all over again, but this time no symptoms. I got teary-eyed, sad, stressed. But not fatigued, swollen, and listless. So dairy and/or sugar or some other perhaps-homormal changes?
As for LA, on the Friday without any training we got up at 4am for what I thought of as our "last day". The last day of our lives as it is in STL, before he weekends with the kids then moves away on Monday. If I could write the script of the last day, this would be it: We spend the day as we normally spend our days. Errands or dog walks or helping each other out. And that's pretty much what we did. I didn't get any training (wanted to run) and only 5K or so steps done, but instead helped him with Disney preparations, lawyer meeting, and etc. Late in the day we went to errands, and he checked his email to find he's been promoted to MAJOR!!!! WHOA!!!! I'm terribly excited for him, but it's tempered by tears that want to overflow. I tell myself, I can cry all I want after he leaves Saturday.
Then Saturday comes around, we're up again at 4am to pack. And after he leaves I'm like a lost puppy. Doing Duolingo (50+ day streak!), munching foods, running, working, ALDI'ing, eating. Not feeling good, I can feel the pain of the last few days built up in my gut. I sleep poorly, have trouble tipping into sleep until I turn on Joe Rogan.
Sunday, starts off like Saturday with the same lost puppy feeling. Over-munch more, bike ride, work. Still at work. LA is packing his storage shed (alone, his friend stood him up, and I can't help him from here) and I am realizing that's how life will be a lot for the next year. We can't be there when we need each other. Ugh.
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Tomorrow he comes back to STL with the trailer. We pack the house, then the apartment, then drive to Oglesby. Then Tuesday to A2 (and today starts a new blog tag: A2!). Tomorrow at 12:33 pm is a new moon. I LOVE me some moons with auspicious coincident type feelings.
I have goals. Of course! I want to see if a leptin reset protocol (bunk science, but bear with me) helps how I feel. I'm struggling to find what else I can do! So a high protein M1, 3 meals no snacking, and low carb -- in summary. Right now I"m 180-200g carbs a day! Berries and potatoes mostly. Nothing junk at all, but still not seeing or feeling results in body shape.
So I plan to establish some other goals too, to keep my from being that lost puppy while I adapt to my new life. I gotta stop my Reddit addiction, yeah it's back. I've stopped NextDoor at least. The leptin thing. Running. Get the house cleaned. Get a tight schedule for work so I can leave to visit on weekends. Etc. Shit like that.
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