Patience; the new endurance sport.

I want to record that now past my mid 40's I can actually feel the moment in my cycle when my progesterone level dips.  It is sudden, and severe and leaves me exhausted/lethargic/foggy for 2 weeks before my next period. The sensation has, over the last 3 years, become severe enough I'm seriously considering a perscription to either progestrone cream or contraceptives (which I never used in my life).  I am day on 1 of a new cycle and it literally feels like I'm using amphetiamines / caffeine.  

9:40 ap

11:00/9:30  

ran quick, and skiied 4 hours cause it snowed 

my knees and lower back were arthritic the rest of the day

12:00/11:00/10:30/10:00/9:31/9:13

I am feeling good.  It's a miracle. I think my liver and progesterone are performing quite nicely.

I did my favorite loop around Ronald and Vintage Parks.  Im offiically "won't run over ice" years old.  I'm ok on the fresh stuff.  My butt/upper ham and knee got a little cold and stiff as I got on, but noted how incredibly strong my legs feel compared to last year and most especially the year before.  I truly think the probiotics I had been taking in 2009/2010 changed the way my liver/pancreas were metabolizing.  My blood sugar is back into the low 70's which before was impossible to raise from the 50's without eating straight up sugar.  I'm really feeling better, all except for the knee and ham which will plague me the rest of my life.

I hurt my knee skiing yesterday.  The 20 inches of snow that fell, was heavy and wet and messy on top of the mountain.  Toward the end of the day, I leaned way back in my skis and could feel the pain from that cross fit injury that landed both of my knees into the cement floor.  I'm sure I've torn the tendon, I'm sure it's tendonitis.  I spent my day doing sit ups/push ups and icing my knee trying to decide how bad I think it really is and if I should go back to the orthopedic surgeon.

I walk-jogged this at 13-15 MM.  I did a lot of strenghtening excertsizes and quad/ham/knee stretching.  Stretching/foam rlling makes me cry and shake uncontrollably when I'm trying to straighten out my leg. Booo hoooo.  It's the skiing on my big fat powder skis that did me in.  I leaned too far back over a big load of snow and my tightened quads pulled my tendon to shreds. 

I ran 3.5 miles in the morning (squats push-ups situps).

Ram another three in the evening average pace 1033 MM

You can congratulate me On being non-OCD.

For the record my favorite loop Ron last park vintage Park Loop is 6 miles if I tack on .05

I am so discouraged about my knees, the crappy snow, and about the 7 pounds I must now go to heroic lengths to lose.

9:43/10:11/9:33/10:10/9:51/10:27/9:42

I kept thinking of Michelle's race report and Sasha's running analogies like ram in the thicket and caged tiger, and wondered if I'd ever feel that way again. I do feel better than I have in a very long time in spite of the old knees.

The false spring is ending, my hands and knees got stiff /cold.  But it did melt all the snow away. I did some grass running around the local school yard, and there was a lot of stuff of the grass, finally exposed after being under the snow since December: a pencil cases, a sock, a jacket, lunch box, trash (lots of trash), and someone's notebook. 

I walked out my front door to see my son and the entire track team on the street running past the house.  It gave my heart such joy.  I made the mistake of getting too excited about skiing and I made many mistakes that prevented him from feeling like he could ever be better than me. His father made the same mistake with Basketball. But running--I'm a girl and his Dad never runs.  So even by default, he wins.  It's something he can excel at all by himself, like it was his  idea.  I'm so pleased he will have something he enjoys doing that will get him through the traumas of being alive.  I am so grateful.