Wednesday RUN 4 miles outdoors, 42:59 mins with 3x.5mi pickups (80s)
Out and Out! Yesterday's run was warm, 46F and pre-rain. I went south from the house and mapped out a cul de sac neighborhood. I got lost a bit and turned around, ending up twice at Waters Rd and eventually having to look at a map to find my way back. Turns out, I knew where I was I just didn't know my cardinal points. Now I do.
Today I dropped off the car and ran back from the dealership, tacking on a half mile or so to even out to the goal of 4 miles. I did my first speedwork session!!! I had the wrist HRM, so no data there. During the pickups I did sub-9! Some 8.5 m/m. The 0.5 mile took about 4.5-4.75 mins. And cadence picked up nicely too. In the non-speed sections, I averaged about 10-11 m/m. #1, done.
Yesterday I became interim lab manager at work. Hopefully only interim. We'll see. This caused some stress in the lab (the changing, not my change of title) as we have our system and it's mostly working for us. But I didn't get worked up about it, I managed to mostly ignore it. I'm not sure my boss knew what to think, when I just nodded and said OK when she scolded me a bit about getting stuff done. I get stuff done, just not the stuff she wants done first.
Also yesterday my 5th regular call with Coach Patrick. I really should listen to more of the podcasts and the live calls, and get more out of this. I feel kinda isolated, but no Facebook for me. Anyway, yesterday I had to report no change in weight and the symptoms last week of depression, apathy, cold, bloating, fuzz-brain. Didn't get into the maybe-female hormone stuff of breast pain and swelling.
In retrospect I kinda figured out that that some of that was secondary symptoms. The clumsy fuzzy feeling was from fatigue. The bloating and swelling from something I maybe ate (I tested dairy), as the bloat really started Friday after a total-depression morning, an odd tasting meal I didn't enjoy, and an afternoon run.
Well to get to the point, CP thinks the symptoms are part of the process and probably mostly due to training, not the diet. My honest self agrees with that. He also said that we need good honest data on what I'm eating (I confessed to eating pieces of bacon and more, uncounted and unplanned). Agree. And he said that I'm not really running all that much and not really eating all that low. Agree, much to the dismay of the part of my brain that thinks I am running a lot and not eating enough. That's the famine part of the brain maybe, the comfort part, the Blerch.
We also talked about stress and my Homework includes asking myself everyday what I can do to have less stress. My mind went to meditation (hahaha, I mistyped medication at first) but he corrected me and said walking, watching TV, or reading a book. I thought about that, and thought about how when I read it's for something (a book due at the library or a grant) and when I walk I'm doing something (Duolingo or podcast) and I when do I just do nothing? Well funny that, my dog just walked in the room.
So today, I let myself sleep in a bit before another long assay day at work. I skipped my strength session to watercolor. I'm still at home and working ahead on chores so I don't worry about them tomorrow after the long day today.
And rest, he said I need to pay attention to that.
So Homework:
Get accurate, self integrity and honesty.
Get de-stressed, and actively find ways to reduce it.
Get rest and sleep, I've been careful with that the last few days.
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