RUN 5.8 miles in about 58 mins with TV at CCP
then another 4.2 miles in about 40 mins alone around BPW
Oooooh this was a messed up morning. My hip was still hurting, my stomach was unhappy, TV seemed off, and this was my 2nd run after last Sunday's illness. I just wasn't feeling it.
I suggested a short, easy, flat, non-technical trail, TV suggested CCP. I really dislike those trails, but to run the lake loop and some of those trails I could do. But I didn't want to run 10 miles of those trails, too much loop-back, tangled noodle, not-going-anywhere feeling on those.
Picked him up at 7, he seemed....off...? Just not himself. I didn't ask. We arrived to a very busy park! Walking and running groups all over! I enjoyed that, TV said he gets "protective" LOL. I joked that I could make him a fake bib so he could win the group run :) Oh and he WON his 5K yesterday at CCP! Whoop!
Oddly, like, really oddly, my hip does NOT hurt when I'm running! So I was eager to run. We did the lake loop (saw old friend BrianK!) and was really struggling for energy. I'm still not eating starches, just a piece of fruit and eggs so far, but that's not really that out of normal for me before a short 10 mile run. Either way, it felt like I was running 7 or 8 min miles when in fact we were doing only just under 10. Around mile 4 I started to burp up water. I whined a bit, said I just want to be normal, to be able to walk up to an aid station and enjoy an Orea. He pulled us aside to rest in a lake side gazebo.
This hurt my hip, so I wanted to keep going. We finished, and based on his eval of me we ended the run :(
Dropped him off, I did some stretching, and realized I was terribly unsatisfied with the morning. I wanted 10! So back out the door I went, now the temps were up to high 80's but I only needed 4.2 miles. Around BP, to TGP for a water fountain, and back, feeling much better!
And my hip stopped hurting?!? My left knee was very pained at the onset of the run, I though it was more like a taper pain and it quit once I'd gone a few mins. But the hip...WTF? The rest of the day it felt OK? No 100% good, but maybe 90%?
I'm doing 2 hip stretch sets a day, am and pm, but only started that ...Thursday or Friday?
NUMERICS
RUN 16 miles and a few bike commutes
No Strength
Sunday, July 31, 2016
Saturday, July 30, 2016
Such a good Puppy
BIKE 9.5 commute and
14 miles, two Fo Pa loops
Stressed morning, took some thinking to figure out the stress. Or what might have been the cause. My left hip is hurting, really hurts to walk. As in, I don't wanna move around to walk the dog, around the house, nothing. It's a sharp pain, not a new one, but certainly bad right now. Also, I had an undefined morning. LOTS to do, from going to work to normal errands to errands long on the to-do list and household chores like mowing and laundry. And this is day 2 of my nutrition reset, so while I wasn't crashing on bad foods or having terrible symptoms, it's more of a disruption to my habits.
After walking the dog I just...lingered. Blerched. Kept munching food. My stomach was getting really upset, or I was anxious because my stomach was upset. Chicken and egg thing. Once I recognized all this I kicked myself out the door. I knew that once I started riding I'd feel better. Rode to work, included a Fo Pa loop before going in, and in the loop I started burping and feeling MUCH better. Just kept thinking, good dog....goooooood Puppy for helping me feel better :)
Did another loop on the way home. Gooooood Dog!
14 miles, two Fo Pa loops
Stressed morning, took some thinking to figure out the stress. Or what might have been the cause. My left hip is hurting, really hurts to walk. As in, I don't wanna move around to walk the dog, around the house, nothing. It's a sharp pain, not a new one, but certainly bad right now. Also, I had an undefined morning. LOTS to do, from going to work to normal errands to errands long on the to-do list and household chores like mowing and laundry. And this is day 2 of my nutrition reset, so while I wasn't crashing on bad foods or having terrible symptoms, it's more of a disruption to my habits.
After walking the dog I just...lingered. Blerched. Kept munching food. My stomach was getting really upset, or I was anxious because my stomach was upset. Chicken and egg thing. Once I recognized all this I kicked myself out the door. I knew that once I started riding I'd feel better. Rode to work, included a Fo Pa loop before going in, and in the loop I started burping and feeling MUCH better. Just kept thinking, good dog....goooooood Puppy for helping me feel better :)
Did another loop on the way home. Gooooood Dog!
Friday, July 29, 2016
First commute since sick, and SCD reset
BIKE COMMUTE! 9.5 miles
Another sign of back-to-normal is that I felt great enough to bike to work. I'm still a little on the weak side but not bad. Maybe 96% recovered?
My gut however is not recovered. Yesterday I had the painful, aching, heavy, hot-rocks feeling I used to get all the time. That was my normal. Hurt to run, drive, walk, think, live. So I started an SCD reset today, the first one I've really had to do in the 410 days since I started. I want to be healthy by the 100 miler, I want to thrive not just survive, and the next 3-5 days will work for this. So here goes with the pureed baby food veggies.
Another sign of back-to-normal is that I felt great enough to bike to work. I'm still a little on the weak side but not bad. Maybe 96% recovered?
My gut however is not recovered. Yesterday I had the painful, aching, heavy, hot-rocks feeling I used to get all the time. That was my normal. Hurt to run, drive, walk, think, live. So I started an SCD reset today, the first one I've really had to do in the 410 days since I started. I want to be healthy by the 100 miler, I want to thrive not just survive, and the next 3-5 days will work for this. So here goes with the pureed baby food veggies.
Thursday, July 28, 2016
First run since sick, and Dr M appt
RUN! 57 mins and 6 miles
Yay! I'm running again! I didn't think I'd be able to complete 2 or 3 miles, but EW and I ran together and through chatting and encouragement made almost the whole loop.
Gorgeous morning, high 70's and calm, such a switch from last weekend. I was still feeling wiped out and weak so I really didn't expect more than a run to the hill and back. And of course my ribs were hurting. But as we got going, warmed up, and chatting, we just kept saying "let's keep going, we can always turn up ahead", and this worked great.
EW and I had great conversation about being judgmental, about "come as you are" (ironically a song I've heard on the radio 3 times this week including the drive to run today...but it's not going on the songlist just yet), about the church and open-mindedness, and more. She explains the religious stuff really well, it's important to her and she does great with it.
Later in the morning was the Dr M appt. He can feel muscle fiber where the infraspinatus should be but it's not "building up" as would be expected with a muscle being used. Could take a total of 18 months, or 9 more, before we can really say it won't recover. The good news is that if I keep working it those muscle fibers could again turn into a real muscle, that I'm relatively functional, that my breaking of ribs isn't really a bone frailty issue at least to him, and no other concerns.
The 'hole' in my back is apparently pretty obvious, LC and IT, coworkers, and Dr M have no troubles seeing it. I need a better arrangement of mirrors I guess.
Yay! I'm running again! I didn't think I'd be able to complete 2 or 3 miles, but EW and I ran together and through chatting and encouragement made almost the whole loop.
Gorgeous morning, high 70's and calm, such a switch from last weekend. I was still feeling wiped out and weak so I really didn't expect more than a run to the hill and back. And of course my ribs were hurting. But as we got going, warmed up, and chatting, we just kept saying "let's keep going, we can always turn up ahead", and this worked great.
EW and I had great conversation about being judgmental, about "come as you are" (ironically a song I've heard on the radio 3 times this week including the drive to run today...but it's not going on the songlist just yet), about the church and open-mindedness, and more. She explains the religious stuff really well, it's important to her and she does great with it.
Later in the morning was the Dr M appt. He can feel muscle fiber where the infraspinatus should be but it's not "building up" as would be expected with a muscle being used. Could take a total of 18 months, or 9 more, before we can really say it won't recover. The good news is that if I keep working it those muscle fibers could again turn into a real muscle, that I'm relatively functional, that my breaking of ribs isn't really a bone frailty issue at least to him, and no other concerns.
The 'hole' in my back is apparently pretty obvious, LC and IT, coworkers, and Dr M have no troubles seeing it. I need a better arrangement of mirrors I guess.
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Another day of recovery.
Last night before bed I put in "2 mile run?" into my morning planner, just to put the idea out there. Better than nothing, I figured. Even though I slept OK (woke up a lot still, tossing and turning) my gut was not on board for a run. It really felt like a 5lb rock sitting in there. Took about 20' to pass one "rock", shower, walk, then another LP rock. And then all day it seemed like it was there.
I'm able to eat and drink ok, still getting waves of gut cramps and nausea, felt OK with my blended veggie lunch smoothie and a can of sardines, but afterwards not so good with some kombucha. But it's improved! And I'm well hydrated.
But I still feel weak. I picked up my backpack to drive to work and something 'popped' in my right neck/shoulder. Hours later it's still there. My left hip is popping too, one pop leaves it hurting, another pop leaves it feeling normal, sometimes while walking it goes pop-pop-pop or click sometimes. This isn't new, I had it last week, but now it's a sharper pain when I walk. Oddly, it doesn't hurt while running!
My injuries from Sunday's fall are all doing great, the bruises are fading to a greenish yellow. The scrapes and scabs not healing over as fast.
Headachy and hard to focus my eyes. For the first time in weeks, I put on my eyeglasses!
TV and El Jefe think maybe the flu. TV says the heat exhaustion would be symptomatic while hot, not hours afterward.
And finally I drove all the way out to West Co this morning thinking I had an appt with Dr M. The woman behind the desk asked "you have an appt today?". Nope. Ugh. It's tomorrow.
I'm able to eat and drink ok, still getting waves of gut cramps and nausea, felt OK with my blended veggie lunch smoothie and a can of sardines, but afterwards not so good with some kombucha. But it's improved! And I'm well hydrated.
But I still feel weak. I picked up my backpack to drive to work and something 'popped' in my right neck/shoulder. Hours later it's still there. My left hip is popping too, one pop leaves it hurting, another pop leaves it feeling normal, sometimes while walking it goes pop-pop-pop or click sometimes. This isn't new, I had it last week, but now it's a sharper pain when I walk. Oddly, it doesn't hurt while running!
My injuries from Sunday's fall are all doing great, the bruises are fading to a greenish yellow. The scrapes and scabs not healing over as fast.
Headachy and hard to focus my eyes. For the first time in weeks, I put on my eyeglasses!
TV and El Jefe think maybe the flu. TV says the heat exhaustion would be symptomatic while hot, not hours afterward.
And finally I drove all the way out to West Co this morning thinking I had an appt with Dr M. The woman behind the desk asked "you have an appt today?". Nope. Ugh. It's tomorrow.
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Exhausted! Dangerously so!
NOTHING!
Around 10pm Sunday night I started feeling...off. I was resting in the recliner as planned, drinking and making sure I rested with my legs up as planned. I was texting with my sis, and told her it was 101F with heat index of 114. I couldn't cool down, and when I noted the dog panting I thought it would be prudent to run the AC at least on the first floor, so I decided to sleep on the first floor with her.
I never really fell asleep. I had my podcasts, but just tossed and turned, my legs and hips started to ache. This set in motion a mild anxiety -- what if I broke something in them today?! Then my stomach started to ache -- got terribly nauseated, bloated, pained, sore, sick. Finally around 2am I threw up (surprisingly this didn't hurt my ribs, which by the way seem to have magically healed since the fall), and at that point my tummy felt better. The rest of my guts didn't. So I continued to toss and turn, aching, until about 5am when I woke up and passed what had to be 2 days worth of #2! But no diarrhea, only noting that for the lack of it.
Still never really fell asleep. Emailed JG to cancel PT at about 3:46am. Miserable, restless. When the day finally started I realized I could barely drive, couldn't eat, didn't want to move, and hurt enough to take the rx Ibuprofen once I had some food in my stomach. Everything that hit my stomach threatened to come back. So back to the chair, then the couch. Pretty much all day.
My hips and legs and back hurt. My injuries couldn't even compete. I was dizzy, mentally fuzzed. But I seemed hydrated, that was my main concern. Some googling led me to believe this wasn't flu, but rather heat exhaustion. Oh boy. My respiration rate was elevated, even seemed forced. My heart rate was 20 beats above normal at 59. I'd be cold then hot then cold then break out in a sweat.
I felt awake enough around 1pm to give the dog a bath, which led to me spraying and cleaning the deck for a little while. This wasn't good. WHAM back to the couch after a shower, from about 6pm to 6am the next morning. HR and breathing still elevated. Got to wondering, at what point do I call someone for advice or help? Who would I call? Besides though, urgent care would just hook me up to an IV, hell I can force water down before I lie there in a cold bright uncomfortable room while a friend sits with me and my stupidity. So I forced down water. My pee all day was colorless, after some hibiscus tea it tinged a darker yellow (but not dark yellow, just darker) and this continued into Tuesday. To be on the safe side, I stopped the hibiscus tea so I couldn't blame that. My abdomen continued to hurt, adding my broken bone anxiety, leading me to wonder if I had some gut damage from the heat?
Tuesday morning didn't feel much better. Like yesterday, I'd just sit in a chair, leaned over, in a daze, not wanting to move or think or do anything. Another Ibuprofen, then I started to perk up. Did some household chores. Around 1pm felt safe enough to drive. Currently at work typing this up.
I'm guessing heat exhaustion. Not funny!
Around 10pm Sunday night I started feeling...off. I was resting in the recliner as planned, drinking and making sure I rested with my legs up as planned. I was texting with my sis, and told her it was 101F with heat index of 114. I couldn't cool down, and when I noted the dog panting I thought it would be prudent to run the AC at least on the first floor, so I decided to sleep on the first floor with her.
I never really fell asleep. I had my podcasts, but just tossed and turned, my legs and hips started to ache. This set in motion a mild anxiety -- what if I broke something in them today?! Then my stomach started to ache -- got terribly nauseated, bloated, pained, sore, sick. Finally around 2am I threw up (surprisingly this didn't hurt my ribs, which by the way seem to have magically healed since the fall), and at that point my tummy felt better. The rest of my guts didn't. So I continued to toss and turn, aching, until about 5am when I woke up and passed what had to be 2 days worth of #2! But no diarrhea, only noting that for the lack of it.
Still never really fell asleep. Emailed JG to cancel PT at about 3:46am. Miserable, restless. When the day finally started I realized I could barely drive, couldn't eat, didn't want to move, and hurt enough to take the rx Ibuprofen once I had some food in my stomach. Everything that hit my stomach threatened to come back. So back to the chair, then the couch. Pretty much all day.
My hips and legs and back hurt. My injuries couldn't even compete. I was dizzy, mentally fuzzed. But I seemed hydrated, that was my main concern. Some googling led me to believe this wasn't flu, but rather heat exhaustion. Oh boy. My respiration rate was elevated, even seemed forced. My heart rate was 20 beats above normal at 59. I'd be cold then hot then cold then break out in a sweat.
I felt awake enough around 1pm to give the dog a bath, which led to me spraying and cleaning the deck for a little while. This wasn't good. WHAM back to the couch after a shower, from about 6pm to 6am the next morning. HR and breathing still elevated. Got to wondering, at what point do I call someone for advice or help? Who would I call? Besides though, urgent care would just hook me up to an IV, hell I can force water down before I lie there in a cold bright uncomfortable room while a friend sits with me and my stupidity. So I forced down water. My pee all day was colorless, after some hibiscus tea it tinged a darker yellow (but not dark yellow, just darker) and this continued into Tuesday. To be on the safe side, I stopped the hibiscus tea so I couldn't blame that. My abdomen continued to hurt, adding my broken bone anxiety, leading me to wonder if I had some gut damage from the heat?
Tuesday morning didn't feel much better. Like yesterday, I'd just sit in a chair, leaned over, in a daze, not wanting to move or think or do anything. Another Ibuprofen, then I started to perk up. Did some household chores. Around 1pm felt safe enough to drive. Currently at work typing this up.
I'm guessing heat exhaustion. Not funny!
Sunday, July 24, 2016
Greensfelder heat exhaustion, another fall
RUN 20 miles in about 4.5 hours, 100F temps!
I fully meant to start this run at 7am even though the park didn't open until 8am. But of course, I didn't get out of the house on time. So the run started just after 8am. Not sure if this would have made a difference at all for how this story goes.
My plan was two loops of the 10 mile DeClue to Dogwood loop, thinking that would give me a stop at the truck and practice at the feel of a 10 mile loop for the upcoming (11 weeks!) Farmdale. Ran this time using DeClue first. Last time I ran the oppo direction and fell on Dogwood within the first mile.
Why is it so hard for me to find the right trails on this?! Once again, mixed up at the myriad of crossings as DeClue branches from the other trails. Seriously, my sense of NS/EW on these trails is for nothing. Added on a small amount of mileage here, again. I need to get the Garmin downloaded and really look at this.
I had seen SK's TRR-stickered vehicle in a neighboring parking lot, and sure enough saw some of the runners I met Friday coming towards me on the trail :) It seemed everyone was going the opposite direction today, very few if any passed from behind.
Running good, enjoying it, it's how but I'm drinking all I can. Really though, the warm water in the Camelbak could have been better. But I had my mints, on the 2 mile/mint plan and even skipped some. Powerbar broken up into 4ths every 45-50 mins. Somewhere on Dogwood JCash came WHOOSHING down a hill superflyfast and I felt the breeze like a bike pack go by. Damn he's fast! I finished the first loop uneventfully at 11 miles and just over 2 hours. So far so good!
Foreshadowing...
Bathroom break, then the plan to was to run out at least 4.5 miles then decide on finishing the loop or turning back. I wasn't sure I wanted to be out here much beyond 20 miles and certainly not on the more rocky and technical Dogwood later in the day. It was somewhere only 0.3 miles into the 2nd loop that WHAM I went down AGAIN! This time I did not get up right away. I think I rolled, not sure, also not sure what I tripped over in the end. But I just sat there....thinking...cursing...wanting to cry. My right deltoid and shoulder were scraped, bruised, and swollen before I could even stand up again. My right knee/calf and hip were banged hard and scraped. My right wrist and Garmin took a hit too. I just sat...took a few breaths, then decided I'd have to hurt a LOT more than this to stop. I got up to at least walk for a bit.
My shoulder looked awful, the swollen knot had formed rapidly. Everything else seemed OK, so soon enough I was running again. Surprisingly, my pained right ribs weren't as loud right now, they took a mild hit and hurt but had lots of competition.
Continued on, now it seemed like I was stumbling over everything as if I wanted to fall again. But I was OK, kept rolling and when I got to mile 15 I walked up the long slow hill until my planned turn around at 15.5. Started to struggle right about here.
Was able to run the slow incline back, refueled on Powerbar, and felt actually pretty good the next few miles. In fact, it seemed mostly downhill until mile 18.65, at which point I mentally and physically just stopped. I was OK with this. I was suddenly stumbling a lot, it was rocky, and now uphill most of the way home. I was low on water, so I decided to walk it in.
Felt wiped and pained at the truck, but I've been there before. Took some cold water from the cooler, toweled my head off and took a short bath. Changed clothes, started drinking my recovery water, and drove home. Even stopped for a few errands on the way.
I was feeling OK that night, did my cook up. Tired but nothing terribly noteworthy. Yet. Keep reading into the next post.
I fully meant to start this run at 7am even though the park didn't open until 8am. But of course, I didn't get out of the house on time. So the run started just after 8am. Not sure if this would have made a difference at all for how this story goes.
My plan was two loops of the 10 mile DeClue to Dogwood loop, thinking that would give me a stop at the truck and practice at the feel of a 10 mile loop for the upcoming (11 weeks!) Farmdale. Ran this time using DeClue first. Last time I ran the oppo direction and fell on Dogwood within the first mile.
Why is it so hard for me to find the right trails on this?! Once again, mixed up at the myriad of crossings as DeClue branches from the other trails. Seriously, my sense of NS/EW on these trails is for nothing. Added on a small amount of mileage here, again. I need to get the Garmin downloaded and really look at this.
I had seen SK's TRR-stickered vehicle in a neighboring parking lot, and sure enough saw some of the runners I met Friday coming towards me on the trail :) It seemed everyone was going the opposite direction today, very few if any passed from behind.
Running good, enjoying it, it's how but I'm drinking all I can. Really though, the warm water in the Camelbak could have been better. But I had my mints, on the 2 mile/mint plan and even skipped some. Powerbar broken up into 4ths every 45-50 mins. Somewhere on Dogwood JCash came WHOOSHING down a hill superflyfast and I felt the breeze like a bike pack go by. Damn he's fast! I finished the first loop uneventfully at 11 miles and just over 2 hours. So far so good!
Foreshadowing...
Bathroom break, then the plan to was to run out at least 4.5 miles then decide on finishing the loop or turning back. I wasn't sure I wanted to be out here much beyond 20 miles and certainly not on the more rocky and technical Dogwood later in the day. It was somewhere only 0.3 miles into the 2nd loop that WHAM I went down AGAIN! This time I did not get up right away. I think I rolled, not sure, also not sure what I tripped over in the end. But I just sat there....thinking...cursing...wanting to cry. My right deltoid and shoulder were scraped, bruised, and swollen before I could even stand up again. My right knee/calf and hip were banged hard and scraped. My right wrist and Garmin took a hit too. I just sat...took a few breaths, then decided I'd have to hurt a LOT more than this to stop. I got up to at least walk for a bit.
My shoulder looked awful, the swollen knot had formed rapidly. Everything else seemed OK, so soon enough I was running again. Surprisingly, my pained right ribs weren't as loud right now, they took a mild hit and hurt but had lots of competition.
Continued on, now it seemed like I was stumbling over everything as if I wanted to fall again. But I was OK, kept rolling and when I got to mile 15 I walked up the long slow hill until my planned turn around at 15.5. Started to struggle right about here.
Was able to run the slow incline back, refueled on Powerbar, and felt actually pretty good the next few miles. In fact, it seemed mostly downhill until mile 18.65, at which point I mentally and physically just stopped. I was OK with this. I was suddenly stumbling a lot, it was rocky, and now uphill most of the way home. I was low on water, so I decided to walk it in.
Felt wiped and pained at the truck, but I've been there before. Took some cold water from the cooler, toweled my head off and took a short bath. Changed clothes, started drinking my recovery water, and drove home. Even stopped for a few errands on the way.
I was feeling OK that night, did my cook up. Tired but nothing terribly noteworthy. Yet. Keep reading into the next post.
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