Believe to Achieve

Ran the 1420 ft elevation gain run--SUNCREST.  Starting at Smith's Marketplace.  NO WIND today so NO Excuses.  EXCEPT  I just ran 20 on Saturday and I am still getting quite nauseated OFTEN.  NOT PG.  Just something that has been happening to me.  Food allergies?  Inversion?  I don't know.  Started the run after dropping kids at school and going home to actually eat something first.  Waited an hour for some digestion then headed in my car to the start.  Ran up 6.16 miles.  Wowsers!!!  Heartrate a soaring and sweat glands a sweatin'!!  Made it there in record time.  Really only second time running this thing.  Have been dreamin' about running it so had to get out there and just run it.  Strength zapped a bit so instead of winds from outside I was the one breathing out the winds.  Hello breathing heavy.  Almost there, just keep swimming.  Just keep swimming.  Had some peaks and valleys moments.  Some times feeling dead sometimes alive.  Pace up 9:16 (last time 9:32).  Pace down 6:58.  Splits:  9:02, 9:05, 9:52, 9:14, 8:47, 9:33, 7:39, 7:13, 6:47, 6:31, 6:28, 7:16 *ran out of gas here, inversion air making my breathing difficult.  Holy Moly is the air thick!!    The further down I went the harder it was to breath and geez I am going downhill I shouldn't be feeling my breathing much at all.  I guess the uphill took it all out of me.  Avg pace for 12.32 miles=  8:06.  Last time on this run it was 8:18.  This entry is getting long.  So Bye.  PS I almost "saw the light" at the intersection.  An old man driving a Big truck didn't see me as he tried to make a right turn up Suncrest as I had a green light to go straight back to my car.  My arm hit his car.  He was dazed.  I was alive.  Lots of witnesses so no worries.  I hope to not die while running, but if I do,  I was probably enjoying myself before the end :D.  Sounds gruesome but sure hope its not--ever.  

Wow.  I got home at 710am from work.  Got in to bed at 730am and woke at 1:04pm.  Huge milestone.  I slept 5.5 hours.  Got up, ate and wanted to "just say no to running" but I gradually talked myself into it.  By the time I left I was very tired again.  Blah.  Slowly but surely I pushed myself through this run.  I gained on VP guy and ended up 16 seconds ahead of him.  Probably should have kept it easy.  Darn garmin.  Now as I write this a few hours later I am sooooooo tired my eyelids and limbs are wanting to crash.  But its dance time again after the break and I have to do all the carpooling of my girls.  So no rest for the weary quite yet.  7.02 miles @ 8:13 pace.  First mile 8:58.  Last mile 7:30.  First time I was sore in a run in a while.  It was from all that STEEP uphill yesterday followed by the STEEP downhill.  Goodnight, hopefully soon :D.

Garmin died at first .2 miles.  Battery needs recharging.  So do I.  Oh my what a gross run in the wicked inversion and moisture.   Ran a very hilly route on the benches of PG to try to avoid the inversion.  Didn't help.  Pace turtle-like.  Surprised this course tooled at 11.85 miles so that must be a good sign.  Need a very long nap.  Paid bills and took down Christmas decorations : (.

38 laps around the indoor PG rec track.  Slow and painful.  All of my joints are very achy, old lady like.  Really sensitive to smells right now on top of my usual aversion.  There was a strong smelling stinky candle burning in the foyer of the rec center and was blowing through the upstairs track vent system.  When you have this sensitivity you become hound-like.  I could probably be helpful in a CSI (crime scene investigation).  I can smell things others have no idea are around and low and behold they are.  Not a gift I enjoy having as the headaches, nerve and joint pain can become unbearable.   Then comes intense fatigue.  It comes in a pattern and lasts 3 to 5 days.  I will probably have to drop on the mileage this week for survival sake.  Avg pace 8:14 for 6.3 miles.  

Wasn't even going to run.  Woke with a terrific headache and intense fatigue.  I thought I slept well.  Gradually awakened enough to consider a run by 1145am.  Was only going to run 3.  So how does three turn into 7?  Let me count the ways:  Garmin is a gadget I can get hooked on.  When I ran 2 miles I was like I could add on here, and hey if I ran three and I am at this distance from my home why not just add on here?.....and there for that matter?....and I just kept going.  Although I knew I needed to end it soon.  Husband was waiting to go to lunch and I promised myself I would go easy the next few days, only get in 50 miles for the week.  That would be the lowest mileage in over 6 weeks for me.  I suppose I deserve it.  I work the next two nights so really I should be nice to myself.  Pace 8:32 for 7.06 miles.  See I was nice to myself.  : DDDDD.

Did not sleep well.  Too many weird disconnected dreams and felt like I was still awake.  Woke after 4 hours.   Slow to fall back to sleep for only 1.25 hours!!  Feeling nauseated got up ate some pretzels and a cutie pie (orange).  Decided to just get out there and run.  Blue sky that was notable when I arrived home from work at 715am, was pretty much a smoggy haze once again at 130pm.  It is keeping it a stagnant 25 degrees.  It is getting reeeeeaaaaallllllll old.  It is starting to wear on me with the lack of sunshine.  Trotted along for the first 4 miles at a 9 avg pace.  So just feeling "Dori-like".  So I just kept running until I felt like running.  I tried to just go easy and let my adrenaline re-fuel as I am depleted from my all work and no play situation.  I find if I go nice and easy my body is okay with going longer and eventually kicks in to the faster pace even though my brain is very tired.  I accidentally pee-d my pants.  Felt like I had to go but resisted and there were not good spots to go when I needed to and I had these tight biker shorts on under my old running pants so they were pressing hard on my weakened bladder and all the water I drank after my huge Cafe Rio salad yesterday.  I polished the whole thing off in one sitting.  I am probably the only girl, not obese, that does that in one sitting.  I couldn't eat for 10 hours after that.  I then pigged out again on a huge turkey bagel sandwich with fries to top it off and a V8 juice.  Apparently I wasn't feeding myself enough.  I woofed that down too.  Anyway, back to my loss of control on the run, other than initially feeling really warm after doing so, it quickly began to freeze my thighs and hurt my already sped up pace. So with windchill the temp probably dropped 10 degrees.  Oh well.  Cryotherapy comes in all forms.  This entry is getting too long.  Off to shower.  Avg pace for 11.5 miles=   8:18.  Almost gained on VP guy.  Just one more mile and he would have been toast.  Ran a route up in the hills of Cedar so not an easy course but one of my favorites.  First mile 9:14, fastest mile 7:04.   Last two miles 7:08 and 7:21.  Brief cooldown.