Believe to Achieve

1 mile at 7:30am 8:50.   Then, 5.8 miles on the stair master in 50:45 (that seems quick for climbing stairs??) at PG rec at 9:20am.  I started at level 8 x 20 minutes, level 10 x 10 minutes, level 12 x 10 minutes, level 10 - 12 for 11 more minutes.  Still having that reaction (hopefully to the steroid that I am weaning off of and have only two more doses left spread out by 12 hours each). At least with the stairmaster I can hold on to the rails when I feel the dull ache in my back come on.   The reaction is like none other I have had before, like I described Monday.   It starts with pain in the lower back then reflexes to both my tibias (deep aching pain) at the same time and rebounds up my thighs causing me to almost drop to the ground--- but I stop myself before I get there.  It happened on Monday with only two laps around the track (0.3 miles) and Tuesday on my second half mile from my house (I only ran 1 mile).  It returned again just after a half mile that I had to almost stop.  I have no adrenaline.   IT really scares me.  I literally would NOT be able to run EVER again if this continues on like this.  So I am banking on it being a reaction to ADRENAL insufficiency that the steroid I am taking causes (suppresses the adrenal gland).  And I am already very susceptible to adrenal suppressive drugs (history of cushing's) and being only a week post marathon (marathon running suppresses adrenal glands markedly, hence why it is best to take it easy for several weeks post marathon so that adrenal glands can start working again).  Basically taking steroids post marathon was a double whammy to my adrenals.   I expect them to start taking over for themselves in a week after stopping the steroids.   If anyone has been on steroids and hasn't tapered off them they might have had a taste to what adrenal insufficiency feels like.  IT is unbelievable the load the adrenals have to bear for the entire body!!!!   FIGHT OR FLIGHT!!!