RUN 5 miles in about 50 mins, on track
BIKE COMMUTE 13.8 miles
I met BE at the track and we did a short ladders workout: 2x of (100, 200, 300, 400, 300, 200) with 100 walks in between. Up the ladder, then down. This was terribly relaxing and felt great. My feet were still a bit sore from the Lost Valley run, but they loosened up.
Home, straight out to walk dog. And here's where the day got defined. As Shoo and I were walking on Juniata at Calif, near the silver-painted house, a dog from an un-fenced yard ran out and attacked us. A big, steely gray, big-shouldered, square faced dog. Fast. Furious. And meant business. It was too fast to really know -- I pulled Shoo back to try to shield her, the dog pushed past me and got her neck. A guy from the yard sprinted out and full body tackled the dog, pulled it back. She started walking the dog away (I think), but the dog evaded him and came back a second time. Again Shoo grabbed by the neck. All I could see was her head in this dog's mouth, she's trying to pull back but the dog has her neck. I'm screaming, I think I was kneeing the dog to get it off Shoo. At some point, in the first or second or both rounds my left knee is bit by the dog. the guy is back and tackles the dog again. He's yelling, telling me to get away. We started away, and in a half block I couldn't even walk. A neighbor appeared, asking if she should call police. Then she disappeared. I knelt down by Shoo, she's wimpering. My leg bleeding. I'm shaking and can't think except to know Sugar is OK.
The guy comes back out with a wet towel, he's bleeding too I think he cut his feet running out. Shoo won't let me touch her neck, she's got saliva all over her left neck. All of us are adrenalined, but he gives me his name and number. We can walk so we start heading home. The neighbor comes back and walks me a block or two, then I'm alone the last block. Hyperventilating. My heart, that's my next thought. God it was racing. Call mom, can barely talk, but I tell her about selling the china set and she gets me home. My poor mom having to field these calls.
Home. Shaking, dizzy, Shoo is not bleeding but I am. So off to Urgent care. There I'm cold and dizzy and about to pass out. The Met Gala is on the TV, like from the Ocean's 8 movie. I have chest pain, they ask if I want an EKG but I'm convinced it's stress. It didn't feel like a heart attack. X-rays, clean up antibiotics, home to Sugar. I get her a vet appt, and to keep calm and distracted I talk to Dad and sister, and Tori and SO.
All morning Sugar was quiet and subdued. I left her alone, she slept mostly until 11 when we left. She perked up at the vet, but the vet pointed out that her adrenaline of being at the vet can mask pain. But thank god, no tears or immediately apparent damage. I was more worried about her, this really helped.
Home, rest, call CSB and police. Back and forth with mis-information, but eventually get my complaint lodged. Then try to eat so I can absorb the antibiotics. Then I bike to work. Funny to think that's what I did, but I didn't feel up to driving! And my leg didn't hurt terribly much.
At work, I felt awful, distracted, weak, dizzy, gut was cramping. I did what I could, tried to be awake and cheery, but it didn't last. As I helped AH at the microscope, I knew this wasn't going well. Soon enough, everything I'd had to eat and drink all day came back up in a messy flood. At least I made it to the bathroom! But coworker JenH had to hear it all, she's so sweet and stayed with me. Got me a chair and towel and water. And a hug :)
In pure coincidence, the St Mary's cardiology office called with test results. I let them know what happened, and asked if there was anything I should be aware off. After my visit to the bathroom, Dr W called back. I should be OK, but if I can't calm down I need to come to ER. Motivation enough right there. Do NOT want that.
Slog ride home, and felt awful still. Believe it or not, I cleaned up as I could. Partly for distraction and partly for fear that I would end up in hospital and I didn't want to leave a mess for family or friends behind. Ugh. And Shoo wanted to walk. Double ugh. We didn't get far, only Ohio to Jefferson. On the way found a neighbor's amazon package riffled through, got that back to her. Tried to water the front yard but was rapidly going downhill. Nearly passed out. To bed as fast as I could, feeling almost flu-like. Cold, achy, headache, miserable. Slept 1-2 hours, awake at 8 and tried to eat so I could take meds. I probably lost the first dose with the food and drink earlier and this was bothering me. A few egg whites and a potato, stayed down. Back to bed after calling mom. Still feel awful, my HR was 86 just resting in bed!
The Blues were on, listened to them (they WON in overtime!), then sleep. What a day.
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Monday, May 6, 2019
Here we go again with the celiac thing
BIKE COMMUTE 2 miles from Fo Pa
I had a 7am appt with Emma in West Co for the nutrition consult. What I thought would be a 1-2 visit thing turning into a regular event. Which tells me I'm not making progress?
Anyway, I missed my ride in TGP with BE for this. So I'd better make it worth it.
My goals from before included getting in more solid food (I was lightly pureeing most foods), working on balanced meals, and getting to where I'm not vomiting. My bloody red right eye started the conversation off....and it went from there.
We reviewed my usual day of foods: egg whites, chicken, yogurt/milk as protein; carrots, zucchini, sometimes beets and broccoli for veg; oranges, berries, bananas for fruit; avocado and olive oil for fats; banana and potato for training carbs. I didn't get into the M foods. They don't exist in this reality.
She noted no grains. And again produced the Whole Grains Council printout (they're not biased, right?) and after crossing out all the corn and wheat I'm left with millet, sorghum, amaranth, rice, and teff. Since the last visit I did try oats (M), millet (is OK), sorghum (yuck), and rice (blech). I just don't have it for grains, I don't feel good eating them and I don't even want to eat them. But she presses them because they contain vitamins and minerals in their natural form, better for absorption
She seemed to work in a pattern (a nice pattern tho) of making an observation, then finding a positive on which to build. "I'm happy to see your getting 1-2 servings of dairy...", "It's good that your getting a variety of colors...", but these always led into a suggestion of what more I needed to do. Is OK, is why i'm here, but I don't feel like I'm getting anywhere on it.
And after discussing my symptoms of vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pains, previous history, prior testing, she brought up that I'm probably undiagnosed celiac. She had some good points. Recently in a family visit I tried to eat french fries. By the time I was home I felt sick. She said the fries were probably fried in oil that was contaminated. I said I'm most often sicker when I travel or I have new foods in the house, she said the family's bread and snacks could be a contamination.
Do I believe this? Or am I in denial about it? I'm not going out for more testing, that's for sure. I'm done with that and don't want it in my medical record. I have enough 'pre-existing conditions' already.
But I think on it, and look at the cross-reactivity food list: dairy, oats, milk chocolate, corn, millet, rice. Do I believe the cross reactivity theory? Not sure, I've read on it but each side just comes off defensive and biases. The idea is that people with anti-gluten antibodies have cross reactivity of the antigens. But I don't test positive for anti-gluten antibodies, but I don't eat gluten to know if I produce them. Still I think that's a fail. Then the theory is that those foods are just common allergens and people with gut issues will react to them. Well I know oats, 2+ pieces of chocolate, dairy, corn are all bad on me. But....... anyway.....
This weighed on my mind all day. What to do about it? Is my current situation just my gut re-balancing after the veg*n experiment? That ended in March, here it's May. April was just a nutritional wasteland. I didn't pay attention. I'm eating many many new foods, salad bars, french fry type stuff, eating foods without really paying too much to the labels. Am I just recovering from veg*n? Am I must mental? Was April a bad example? Or do I need to knuckle down and get more careful?
Ugh.
I had a 7am appt with Emma in West Co for the nutrition consult. What I thought would be a 1-2 visit thing turning into a regular event. Which tells me I'm not making progress?
Anyway, I missed my ride in TGP with BE for this. So I'd better make it worth it.
My goals from before included getting in more solid food (I was lightly pureeing most foods), working on balanced meals, and getting to where I'm not vomiting. My bloody red right eye started the conversation off....and it went from there.
We reviewed my usual day of foods: egg whites, chicken, yogurt/milk as protein; carrots, zucchini, sometimes beets and broccoli for veg; oranges, berries, bananas for fruit; avocado and olive oil for fats; banana and potato for training carbs. I didn't get into the M foods. They don't exist in this reality.
She noted no grains. And again produced the Whole Grains Council printout (they're not biased, right?) and after crossing out all the corn and wheat I'm left with millet, sorghum, amaranth, rice, and teff. Since the last visit I did try oats (M), millet (is OK), sorghum (yuck), and rice (blech). I just don't have it for grains, I don't feel good eating them and I don't even want to eat them. But she presses them because they contain vitamins and minerals in their natural form, better for absorption
She seemed to work in a pattern (a nice pattern tho) of making an observation, then finding a positive on which to build. "I'm happy to see your getting 1-2 servings of dairy...", "It's good that your getting a variety of colors...", but these always led into a suggestion of what more I needed to do. Is OK, is why i'm here, but I don't feel like I'm getting anywhere on it.
And after discussing my symptoms of vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pains, previous history, prior testing, she brought up that I'm probably undiagnosed celiac. She had some good points. Recently in a family visit I tried to eat french fries. By the time I was home I felt sick. She said the fries were probably fried in oil that was contaminated. I said I'm most often sicker when I travel or I have new foods in the house, she said the family's bread and snacks could be a contamination.
Do I believe this? Or am I in denial about it? I'm not going out for more testing, that's for sure. I'm done with that and don't want it in my medical record. I have enough 'pre-existing conditions' already.
But I think on it, and look at the cross-reactivity food list: dairy, oats, milk chocolate, corn, millet, rice. Do I believe the cross reactivity theory? Not sure, I've read on it but each side just comes off defensive and biases. The idea is that people with anti-gluten antibodies have cross reactivity of the antigens. But I don't test positive for anti-gluten antibodies, but I don't eat gluten to know if I produce them. Still I think that's a fail. Then the theory is that those foods are just common allergens and people with gut issues will react to them. Well I know oats, 2+ pieces of chocolate, dairy, corn are all bad on me. But....... anyway.....
This weighed on my mind all day. What to do about it? Is my current situation just my gut re-balancing after the veg*n experiment? That ended in March, here it's May. April was just a nutritional wasteland. I didn't pay attention. I'm eating many many new foods, salad bars, french fry type stuff, eating foods without really paying too much to the labels. Am I just recovering from veg*n? Am I must mental? Was April a bad example? Or do I need to knuckle down and get more careful?
Ugh.
Sunday, May 5, 2019
MCT 50, slow and easy
BIKE 50.35 miles on MCT, hit 50.0 at 2:57:24
ave 16.8 mph, ave HR 121
I wasn't sure I'd have the legs for this after yesterday's long run, and I really didn't have legs for this. But I wanted it and did it anyway. I kept it super simple. Out n back on Schoolhouse, out to the dead end along the interstate, then back out on Schoolhouse. FYI, from Culvers to end of Schoolhouse back past Culvers and past Drost to the dead end is a nice neat 25 miles. And the ONLY change in elevation is around Maryville/Drost Park.
I had no spark for speed, but endurance and all else felt fine. I stopped again at QT for my snacks but this time the bill for 2 mini dark chocolates, 2 cherries and 2 mints with chocolate came to 1.81. I was brain fuzzed, couldn't figure it out, and ended up only getting the minis. Oh well. Guess the guy was doing me a favor. In the end, I didn't need any extra nutrition anyway.
30 miles or so was my goal, 50 I thought would be a stretch but of course once I got rolling I realized I could really to 50. Then I realized I might could squeeze in under 3 hours and that drove me to the end. Squeeeeeze success!
Felt great, but I was wiped!
NUMERICS 11:17 doesn't include bike commute time
BIKE 69.3 miles
RUN 36.1 miles
BIKE COMMUTE 32.2 miles
Total bike miles 101.5!
ave 16.8 mph, ave HR 121
I wasn't sure I'd have the legs for this after yesterday's long run, and I really didn't have legs for this. But I wanted it and did it anyway. I kept it super simple. Out n back on Schoolhouse, out to the dead end along the interstate, then back out on Schoolhouse. FYI, from Culvers to end of Schoolhouse back past Culvers and past Drost to the dead end is a nice neat 25 miles. And the ONLY change in elevation is around Maryville/Drost Park.
I had no spark for speed, but endurance and all else felt fine. I stopped again at QT for my snacks but this time the bill for 2 mini dark chocolates, 2 cherries and 2 mints with chocolate came to 1.81. I was brain fuzzed, couldn't figure it out, and ended up only getting the minis. Oh well. Guess the guy was doing me a favor. In the end, I didn't need any extra nutrition anyway.
30 miles or so was my goal, 50 I thought would be a stretch but of course once I got rolling I realized I could really to 50. Then I realized I might could squeeze in under 3 hours and that drove me to the end. Squeeeeeze success!
Felt great, but I was wiped!
NUMERICS 11:17 doesn't include bike commute time
BIKE 69.3 miles
RUN 36.1 miles
BIKE COMMUTE 32.2 miles
Total bike miles 101.5!
Saturday, May 4, 2019
Lost Valley 17 miler
RUN 17 miles in LV, 3:33 time, ave HR 136
flats cadence ~170-174 bpm
trail cadence ~165-170 bpm
Full moon this evening!
I've been yearning for this trail and WHOOP I got it! There was a lot of rain over the week and overnight, so I got a later start to let the trail drain. Also, the mud will keep mountain bikers off my tail.
The loop overall is about 13 miles but I wanted 16. So I did an out n back, and yup ended up at 17 miles, not 16. Got a lot of distance measures this time. I did a Mound loop (just over a mile) before heading out. The branch off the Hamburg is 2.25 miles when run like that (I guess about 1.25 miles from parking lot. The hill down is 0.25 mile, the hill up another 0.25 but without a defined "top". And later on the Garmin I found it is about 100 feet down, another 100-120 feet up. If it wasn't for the gravel and big rocks, it could be a great hill "bowl" run.
I walked the hills and started out conservative. Things felt better by the time I hit the muddy trail (about 4 miles in) where I settled into a steady run. I don't know many of the landmarks on this trail -- still can't find the cemetary -- but there's the fall bridge at the creek, the little rock and root wall after that, the rocky overlook ledge (maybe two of those...) the sweeping rocky dip in towards a creek bad, a smooth climb back up, the hairpins leading to the double track road, and that was my turn around. I ran until 8.5 miles thinking that I could return to the Mound and have the option of running that loop as a cool down. Or if I was wore out I could end early. I was wore out, but I'm supposed to be! So I did the 17th mile. Of course.
No trips, no falls. A few toe catches. I had stopped at the QT on the way out and got 2 each of Tootsie roll pop, mini chocolate bars, and tootsie rolls for the run. Along with a clementine orange or two. I really enjoyed the Pops, and I think one was missing the center?! All that for 0.31, I think the guy added it up wrong? Who cares. Yummy! And will maybe be a standard for my upcoming runs. They last a long time, and I don't have to keep it in my mouth the entire time. I drained the Camelbak too, out of water by the end, and that probably wasn't enough water overall.
Other moments to remember... butterflies-- the black ones with shimmery blue wings that like mud; the rosary hanging from an overhead tree branch on the doubletrack; the silence except the shooting at the firing range; the calm, the freedom, the personal solitude.
My feet were sore from the rocks, my left upper back still has that stinging pain to it, but other than that this was a WIN! Once done, I played Imagine Dragons Radioactive as I climbed the Mound steps at the end.
I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones
Enough to make my systems blow
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
flats cadence ~170-174 bpm
trail cadence ~165-170 bpm
Full moon this evening!
I've been yearning for this trail and WHOOP I got it! There was a lot of rain over the week and overnight, so I got a later start to let the trail drain. Also, the mud will keep mountain bikers off my tail.
The loop overall is about 13 miles but I wanted 16. So I did an out n back, and yup ended up at 17 miles, not 16. Got a lot of distance measures this time. I did a Mound loop (just over a mile) before heading out. The branch off the Hamburg is 2.25 miles when run like that (I guess about 1.25 miles from parking lot. The hill down is 0.25 mile, the hill up another 0.25 but without a defined "top". And later on the Garmin I found it is about 100 feet down, another 100-120 feet up. If it wasn't for the gravel and big rocks, it could be a great hill "bowl" run.
I walked the hills and started out conservative. Things felt better by the time I hit the muddy trail (about 4 miles in) where I settled into a steady run. I don't know many of the landmarks on this trail -- still can't find the cemetary -- but there's the fall bridge at the creek, the little rock and root wall after that, the rocky overlook ledge (maybe two of those...) the sweeping rocky dip in towards a creek bad, a smooth climb back up, the hairpins leading to the double track road, and that was my turn around. I ran until 8.5 miles thinking that I could return to the Mound and have the option of running that loop as a cool down. Or if I was wore out I could end early. I was wore out, but I'm supposed to be! So I did the 17th mile. Of course.
No trips, no falls. A few toe catches. I had stopped at the QT on the way out and got 2 each of Tootsie roll pop, mini chocolate bars, and tootsie rolls for the run. Along with a clementine orange or two. I really enjoyed the Pops, and I think one was missing the center?! All that for 0.31, I think the guy added it up wrong? Who cares. Yummy! And will maybe be a standard for my upcoming runs. They last a long time, and I don't have to keep it in my mouth the entire time. I drained the Camelbak too, out of water by the end, and that probably wasn't enough water overall.
Other moments to remember... butterflies-- the black ones with shimmery blue wings that like mud; the rosary hanging from an overhead tree branch on the doubletrack; the silence except the shooting at the firing range; the calm, the freedom, the personal solitude.
My feet were sore from the rocks, my left upper back still has that stinging pain to it, but other than that this was a WIN! Once done, I played Imagine Dragons Radioactive as I climbed the Mound steps at the end.
I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones
Enough to make my systems blow
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Friday, May 3, 2019
May goals...what about them?
COMMUTE 9.2 miles
WasGonna SWIM, still might
Just two days ago I set May goals and I haven't touched them since. Revisit these before reading on...
So let's see, M and B been at the house last two evenings and they were solid visits. They stayed a while. I hate them.
What gives? In me I mean? Two major issues going on right now. Maybe more. All mental.
1. Now that I have the "all clear" from the doctors (I've had this "all clear" by the way for some time, but ...) I feel like I want to just go head-long into everything. But at the exact same time, all I hear in my head are limits. Oh you can't...oh you shouldn't...oh is it OK to do...oh is that a good idea? And at that exact same time I want to ride 50 miles with my friends tomorrow at NT, but I'm too slow right now and they're too fast and they don't want to wait for me any more than I want them to have to wait for me. So I don't know if I'm going to NT. I'll probably go alone somewhere so I can be slow by myself.
2. I feel like I have no time, yet I have all the time, yet I waste all the time. Huh? Da Fuq? Everyone else is so busy (taking care of them first, as I was told yesterday that I should do for myself, another SOism) yet I'm not busy. Or I don't feel busy. But I get nothing done. What an endless circle. Everyone else has things going on -- family, training, putting themselves first -- and yet I'm not? I can't put this to words.
3. I'm not myself right now. This will be even harder to put to words. Something is.....off. I don't know what. It's like my head won't work, I can't stay focused, I make mistakes. I can't type. I don't get anything done. I lose hours. Doing....??
4. Remember the Battle of the Five Armies? I feel like I'm in that again. Bee and Butterfly vs Monster Devil and Blerch. (haha, typed Bleach first time). But now the overlord Balrog here too, and the Bee and Butterfly keep losing. Blerch starts it. Devil pushes it along. Monster is what comes of it, Balrog is how I deal with it. My mental demons. Last night after Dr W and a bad test results I went off the rails. Again. Test result was just an excuse. But it drove me into Battle again and I lost. This really isn't the forum for this, but just want to capture what I'm thinking because later down the road it will be hard to understand once the smoke clears.
5. I'm also not myself because of my gut issues. They drain me. They occupy my mind. They distract and take energy and sap my strength. So what to do about this?! I can't keep spinning the wheels, I've been doing that since March and it's taking a toll on me. I think I need to return to the SCD plan, sometimes I look at GAPS too, but that seems even more harsh. And how would I run 16 miles this weekend on that?
6. Balrog exposes my denial. Sometimes I don't see how this happens, but then once it's all laid out in front of me I'm surprised. Every time. How can I be so blind to it? Umm. Blerch.
7. Wait, go back to #5. What's the plan here?! First off I'd like to have 7 normal days of no symptoms. Simple goal. Oh I'm losing my train of thought again. My stomach/gut hurts.
8. Go back to SCD for a week, get back on track. Get through the symptoms and get a clear head.
RUN COMMUTE!! May goals.
RUN COMMUTE 4.6 miles 48 minutes inbound, ave HR 145, cad 171
RUN COMMUTE 4.4 miles 48 mins outbound, ave HR 135, cad 169
We had a t-storm overnight so woke up to no power. Downed tree in alley near Oregon. This was nice, kinda helped a few goals along. No tea, so drank a few glasses of water and did that first thing. Stayed (kinda) away from phone since it didn't fully charge overnight. And was able to sleep in and rest since run commuting doesn't need quite so much time as train+shower+ride.
So a quiet and dark morning with the dog. Ate oatmeal with butter, banana, yogurt. Probably too much? Walk the dog in the post-rain atmosphere -- raindrops on leaves and for the dog lots of smells.
Enough small talk, get to the run! I had shorts on with a light long sleeve, but changed to capri tights thinking I'd be cold. Duh. No surprise I was overdressed in a few mins. I had the Camelbak with clothes and lunch packed in, didn't feel to comfy but I lived.
There's construction on I-44 (still ongoing, since last summer...) and after having been detoured on yesterday's bike commute to Vandeventer I knew to avoid that area for chance it was still closed. I took Compton past the old house (my irises getting ready to bloom), through the old neighborhood (the dog park bushes now obscure the fence), and around the water tower on my old route. Cross I-44 at Grand, Lafayette to TGA, to work. 4.6 miles that felt waaaaay harder than it should have.
ETA outbound run. I'm surprised my HR was so much lower in this run, so going back to look at graphs...it seems my HR was just as high if not higher on the second outbound run, but I walked more and maybe that lowers the average? I did walk more, but not a lot. Maybe a total of a block or two or three summed up? My calf and feet muscles felt fatigued from the Tuesday run still. I might have been better hydrated in the afternoon, I drank a LOT during the day. YAY for run commuting!
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May Goals. You know me and my goals. It's May, and I love me some alliteration. And I love 8's, so I've got 8 M's to work on. My Monster is still here, last night was a WTH type of night. I've had lots of ideas that I keep putting off for no good reason. I'll come up with "Start Today" thing and drop it soon enough. Here goes, no particular order.
1. Monster. Nuff Said.
2. Meditation. Put down the damn phone, turn off the podcast, and enjoy some quiet time. And make it a positive meditation, less mental meandering into the dark side.
3. Muscles. Get back on the strength training train. And it can be flexibility, foam rolling. Could also call this movement, but then I'd just run more miles.
4. Mental. SO talked last night about being at the gym to exercise mental discipline. I actually put this to use on the run in today. I pushed through with a mind over matter "don't walk keep running" and it worked.
5. Miles. Duh. Training plan starts this week. This one obvi.
6. Minimal. Doing my Minimalist Game through May, this morning I threw out a random orange straw that fell out of a silverware drawer. Hope I didn't need it for something...
7. Monk. Get simple. Clear the clutter of phone, brain, stuff, thoughts, etc. Mostly I mean to get off the phone, get away from the counter. Maybe call this Mindfulness?
8. Monarchs! The butterflies will be here soon, get out in the garden for some combination of quiet, phone free, meditative, non-monstery, movement to clear the head.
RUN COMMUTE 4.4 miles 48 mins outbound, ave HR 135, cad 169
We had a t-storm overnight so woke up to no power. Downed tree in alley near Oregon. This was nice, kinda helped a few goals along. No tea, so drank a few glasses of water and did that first thing. Stayed (kinda) away from phone since it didn't fully charge overnight. And was able to sleep in and rest since run commuting doesn't need quite so much time as train+shower+ride.
So a quiet and dark morning with the dog. Ate oatmeal with butter, banana, yogurt. Probably too much? Walk the dog in the post-rain atmosphere -- raindrops on leaves and for the dog lots of smells.
Enough small talk, get to the run! I had shorts on with a light long sleeve, but changed to capri tights thinking I'd be cold. Duh. No surprise I was overdressed in a few mins. I had the Camelbak with clothes and lunch packed in, didn't feel to comfy but I lived.
There's construction on I-44 (still ongoing, since last summer...) and after having been detoured on yesterday's bike commute to Vandeventer I knew to avoid that area for chance it was still closed. I took Compton past the old house (my irises getting ready to bloom), through the old neighborhood (the dog park bushes now obscure the fence), and around the water tower on my old route. Cross I-44 at Grand, Lafayette to TGA, to work. 4.6 miles that felt waaaaay harder than it should have.
ETA outbound run. I'm surprised my HR was so much lower in this run, so going back to look at graphs...it seems my HR was just as high if not higher on the second outbound run, but I walked more and maybe that lowers the average? I did walk more, but not a lot. Maybe a total of a block or two or three summed up? My calf and feet muscles felt fatigued from the Tuesday run still. I might have been better hydrated in the afternoon, I drank a LOT during the day. YAY for run commuting!
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May Goals. You know me and my goals. It's May, and I love me some alliteration. And I love 8's, so I've got 8 M's to work on. My Monster is still here, last night was a WTH type of night. I've had lots of ideas that I keep putting off for no good reason. I'll come up with "Start Today" thing and drop it soon enough. Here goes, no particular order.
1. Monster. Nuff Said.
2. Meditation. Put down the damn phone, turn off the podcast, and enjoy some quiet time. And make it a positive meditation, less mental meandering into the dark side.
3. Muscles. Get back on the strength training train. And it can be flexibility, foam rolling. Could also call this movement, but then I'd just run more miles.
4. Mental. SO talked last night about being at the gym to exercise mental discipline. I actually put this to use on the run in today. I pushed through with a mind over matter "don't walk keep running" and it worked.
5. Miles. Duh. Training plan starts this week. This one obvi.
6. Minimal. Doing my Minimalist Game through May, this morning I threw out a random orange straw that fell out of a silverware drawer. Hope I didn't need it for something...
7. Monk. Get simple. Clear the clutter of phone, brain, stuff, thoughts, etc. Mostly I mean to get off the phone, get away from the counter. Maybe call this Mindfulness?
8. Monarchs! The butterflies will be here soon, get out in the garden for some combination of quiet, phone free, meditative, non-monstery, movement to clear the head.
Thursday, May 2, 2019
Peer pressured into short loop; Dr W update
RUN 5 miles in 50 mins, ave HR 138, cad 170
Took a parking lot loop to get it done :)
Me, EW, IT, and BE post-rain. A perfect morning to run if you don't mind a few wet toes. BE has race coming up Saturday, I'm already high mileage this week, EW usually runs short if she can, IT usually runs long. BE and I didn't mean to but kept pulling off the front, we'd turn back a few times to get back with IT and EW.
I'm having trouble typing this. Mind fog.
I would have run long, it's only another mile, that would have left me at 20 miles in three days. I was feeling good but the effort seemed awful high for the pace. Besides I have next week to cram 20 miles into 3 days. By going short and only 5 today, that still gives me 19 miles.
At the zoo cut-off, we decided we'd all run short but not turn until the Jewel Box. Once there, I said I'm willing to go long... but that I was peer pressured into going short cuz everyone else was. haha.
Felt great, can still feel the Tuesday run drill session in my calves.
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A follow up with Dr W at St Mary's, I was a bit nerved up about this. First off my eye still looked like hell and I had more petechiae on my neck, face, and chest. (More on this later, or tomorrow). She asked if I had GI specialist, said I should follow up, I nodded but internally knew I wouldn't. She asked about activities, I estimated 30-35 miles running and 100 miles biking a week. She seemed OK with it. As for my questions:
--Swimming seems to leave me out of breath and high HR, is this OK to train with. Yes.
--Weigh lifting? No crossfit type stuff, keep it high rep and low weight
--Hot weather running? Is OK, but can't overdo it
--How high is too high HR? She said 85% of max, or 150 bpm. Hmmmm....
--What do I tell others who are worried about me? No real answer here, and I don't blame her for this. She admits to not being able to give a solid answer, and I guess I really didn't want a solid answer so much as I just wanted to here "you're OK, it might happen again, but you're OK". This would be so good to hear.
Took a parking lot loop to get it done :)
Me, EW, IT, and BE post-rain. A perfect morning to run if you don't mind a few wet toes. BE has race coming up Saturday, I'm already high mileage this week, EW usually runs short if she can, IT usually runs long. BE and I didn't mean to but kept pulling off the front, we'd turn back a few times to get back with IT and EW.
I'm having trouble typing this. Mind fog.
I would have run long, it's only another mile, that would have left me at 20 miles in three days. I was feeling good but the effort seemed awful high for the pace. Besides I have next week to cram 20 miles into 3 days. By going short and only 5 today, that still gives me 19 miles.
At the zoo cut-off, we decided we'd all run short but not turn until the Jewel Box. Once there, I said I'm willing to go long... but that I was peer pressured into going short cuz everyone else was. haha.
Felt great, can still feel the Tuesday run drill session in my calves.
--- --- ---
A follow up with Dr W at St Mary's, I was a bit nerved up about this. First off my eye still looked like hell and I had more petechiae on my neck, face, and chest. (More on this later, or tomorrow). She asked if I had GI specialist, said I should follow up, I nodded but internally knew I wouldn't. She asked about activities, I estimated 30-35 miles running and 100 miles biking a week. She seemed OK with it. As for my questions:
--Swimming seems to leave me out of breath and high HR, is this OK to train with. Yes.
--Weigh lifting? No crossfit type stuff, keep it high rep and low weight
--Hot weather running? Is OK, but can't overdo it
--How high is too high HR? She said 85% of max, or 150 bpm. Hmmmm....
--What do I tell others who are worried about me? No real answer here, and I don't blame her for this. She admits to not being able to give a solid answer, and I guess I really didn't want a solid answer so much as I just wanted to here "you're OK, it might happen again, but you're OK". This would be so good to hear.
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