Believe to Achieve

Thighs are a half size larger than normal.  Way swollen due to lack of lactic acid removal.  Spine from lower back to shoulders burning in pain AGAIN.    Sometimes its so intense I want to cry.  I had Troy massage my spine briefly.  That helped.  It is safe to say that I lost a few minutes in my SGM marathon due to Ben Gay.  Reading up on it, I apparently had an allergic reaction.  My face is also puffy and my cheeks feel numby/burny.  Dang nab it.  Where is my mind, I know I don't like stuff like that.  But sometimes in a marathon one will run towards a mirage if we thought we saw one.  So glad those sprinklers at mile 21 were real!!!  : D

nada, nothing, zilch. worked then got to go early at 5pm.  craving a cheeseburger and fries so ate that for dinner and went over to the Lakeside Sports Complex to watch my daughters soccer game.  Hamstrings heavy/sore.  

4 easy miles with sore hamstrings and lower back.  AP 8:49.  It was a nice early morning in the rain before the kids were up for school.  Sure hope these hamstrings figure it out.  I must be running wrong since my quads are fine.  Its all that breaking downhill.   I am so ready to change that!!  I might do the Halloween Half with Melanie.  Major downhill so I might be a Kite for my Halloween Costume.  : D.  So glad to be working days.  I think I am finally back to normal.  My training runs in August and September I think were run under "jet" lag.  My diurnal rhythm is getting better.  : DD  I love smiley faces.  Later today---  I  picked up a copy of Advanced Marathoning at the library.  The first page I turned to was the section on Iron and Iron levels.  First clue he writes that you might have low iron--- you don't feel like running and  your performance drops.  Then he goes on to write about a  Dr. for the USA track and field states that his athletes who fall below a ferritin  level (iron stores) of 20 show up in their performances and that anything below 25 is a RED flag.  MY LEVEL WAS   5 !!!!!  Five!!!   However I even resurfaced before I completely crashed!! so glad my NNP picked up on my signs right away.  I have been taking Floradix for 2.5 weeks now.  It takes a few months for stores to go up.  So I am not even there yet but am excited to feel a change.  I already do.  Apparently the book says that those athletes whose levels were back above 25 turned around very quickly in their performances.  And here I thought I just was getting old.  I am so glad it is not that. 

Ran up 1300 West past temple and down trail and over by way of 1800 North PG to my house. Was feeling good so picked it up the last mile.  It felt very controlled and breathing was very relaxed.  Left hamstring tight.  But it seems to be my "achilles" heel for many years now.  It likes to take out my hip as well.  Going to start getting serious about doing core excercises again since I only did them for about three weeks in July/August.  AP 8:29.  First mile 9:58.  Last mile 7:17.  Off to ice in the river.  I work the next FOUR days in a row!!! YUCK!!  will run Sat. am real early to get in possibley six miles.  Depends on fatigue level.  

worked. busy day on peds on UVMRC. Dinner at friends afterwards. Slept from 10pm to 420am.

Alarm went off at 422am.  I was in the middle of a dream but persevered and got my butt out of bed for my planned 6 miler before work at 6am.  AP 8:15 for six.  Hamstrings a bit tight quads sore from fast mile Thursday I guess.  But all in all nice run in the wee am hours.  Ran my 1.3 mi. loop 4.5 times.