Believe to Achieve

The pain in my back and foot were really wearing on me.  Ibuprofen doesn't even touch it.  So I took 1/2 muscle relaxant and it knocked me out for 7 hours straight when my alarm went off.  I could have slept three more hours the way I felt.  I was meeting Kim and Jane so I had to budge.  Oh my heck I was sooooo tired.  I ran the first mile in over 9 minutes.  I still had my garmin in hide mode but I know where the 1/2 mile mark is.  It read 4:42!!!!  That is 9:24 pace!!!!!!  I met up with Kim and Jane at about one mile.  We ran a HILLY route of course as usual. Lucky for me Jane (15 weeks pregnant) had to stop three times to pee.  Kim had to stop two times for other reasons-- not in sync with each other.  Kind of funny.  I had no such issues EXCEPT a very PAINFUL ankle and then ALL MY joints were hurting.  Must be all the detoxing from paint fumes and a low iron.  Off to good earth today.  So without my slow first mile, my average would have been 7:35  (Kim's garmin) but instead it was 7:42 for 10.87 miles.  I honestly don't know how it was even that quick with the way I felt.  We talked a lot.  I did a lot of the talking.  I hadn't run with Kim and Jane since mid December.  Just went to the Health Fair-- BP 117/75 (excellent), Blood sugar 75 (way good!!), cholesterol 174 (wish they had the HDL and LDL totals for a more realistic viewing, under 200 is where you want to be but the HDL/LDL ratio is very important, you want more HDL).  LASTLY my body fat was 28.2% with the hand held gripper you hold out in front of you.  I have never been lower as I recall.  The lady told me it is not as accurate as it could be as it measures from the chest up where I have a good sized bust and I am broad shouldered and carry a lot of fat just above my waist.  No fat in my butt or legs.  Geez!!!  At least the reading is normal--- 18 to 30 percent-- but the high end is not a happy state for me.  I just started weight training last week and stopped eating chocolate three days ago.....maybe that will help.  Running doesn't help cause it makes me hungry for more carbs.