This week was a recovery week. I took all the recovery possible!!! My (organized) training this week consisted of swimming on Monday. 750yds + 1450 at Master swim=2200yds. A week after my last race, I'm still having an issue with my right leg...hip flexor or quadricep, I'm not sure. But I have had enough injuries to know that one week off now can do a world of good and lead to less time off later.
I probably won't do much running this week, either. For one, Liam is at his grandparents for the week. This makes it EASY to go over and swim or get out and bike. So this week will be swim and bike heavy, not because it was part of the original training plan, but because it works well with Liam gone. Hopefully this will allow whatever is nagging in my leg to heal and I'll be ready to get back on the (running) horse next week.
I am feeling much more confident in regard to my running after last weekend's race. I really thought I had lost a lot. While I have lost some speed, it's not as much as I originally thought. I think I am actually ahead of where I was last year at this time, but I didn't race (strictly running) until the marathon last year, so I'm not sure.
Anyway, I had planned for this year to be focused on gaining fitness for a full iron-distance triathlon in 2013, so I may not hit a bunch of PRs like I did last year.
Weekly Totals:
Swim: 2200yds
Bike: 0
Run: 0
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
Training Log Feb 27- Mar 4 & Sparkly Snow Run
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| Winter came on Sunday, but it will melt by Tuesday! |
Once again I was disappointed with this week's training. I'm still having GI issues and dizziness so some days training just isn't very fun. It ended with a great weekend, though!
Here's the overview of the week:
Mon: Rest day
Tues: Unplanned rest day
Weds: Ran 2.21 mi, 20:12, Completed first half of "Run Faster With Chrissie Wellington #2" from Audiofuel. I'd intended to do the whole thing, but crashed and burned halfway. I had felt pretty good for the first 15 minutes so I was disappointed to burn out at 20 minutes. I also did the Bodyrock Fit Test just for fun.
Thurs: Master swim! I LOVE my master swim class. Class plus warmup drills= 1650yds
Fri: 6 miles on treadmill @ marathon pace, with 60 second pickup every 5 minutes to break up the monotony, 57:18
Sat: My first DVD-led bike sesh! (I know, I'm behind the times, but we just finally got a DVD player in the dungeon.) Decided I need to increase the tension on the trainer tire- I was outriding the gears and didn't have to come out of seated the whole time.
Second Saturday workout was a social event! I met up with some new friends from swim class to swim and go out to eat. I love my internet tri friends, but it's nice to have some "real-life" tri friends that I can actually talk to instead of just type!
Sun: Y'all thought the "Sparkly Snow Run" mentioned in the title was a race didn't you? Sorry to disappoint you, but it was just my long run on Sunday- 8 miles. I had resigned myself to the treadmill earlier in the day because of visibility issues. Of course, I procrastinated. Good thing I did! It stopped snowing, the sun came out, and it was a GORGEOUS day! I had a great run, breaking a new path on our road and enjoying the quiet of the snowy afternoon. The snow sparkled so much in the sunlight, it looked just like someone had dumped a bunch of glitter on the world!
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| First tracks in the new snow! Look how sparkly it is!!! |
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| Looking back at my tracks. |
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Training log Feb 20-27
Week 2 of marathon training isn't nearly as impressive as week 1 was. I did such a good job the first week of making time for my workouts, getting up early, even completing my optional Saturday bike session.
The week started with a rest day, then Tuesday I just had a bad day that took the wind out of my sails for the remainder of the week. Tuesday morning I was up at 5am for a 5 mile treadmill run. I got dizzy, like usual, but almost fell off the 'mill. I have been able to run through the dizziness when I run outdoors, but I've almost fallen off the treadmill twice now. Considering there is a cement wall behind me, I'm not too keen on that happening. I was NOT pleased with getting up at 5am to complete only 2 miles.
Later Tuesday morning I went to see my doctor again about the dizziness issues. They referred me off to the ENT and the cardiologist. I wasn't too depressed about this until my sitter called sick with the flu and I had to miss master swim. Unfortunately that gave me time to sit around that evening and stew about my upcoming appointments and the possible ailments my doctor had described.
That put me in a funk for the next couple days. Liam decided not to nap on Wednesday, I had my first appointment/testing with the cardiologist on Thursday and that pretty much wiped out those two days. By Friday I was more than ready to get back on schedule and I turned the planned easy 3-miler into a pace run.
Saturday and Sunday we went to visit friends. I packed all my running gear, nutrition for the planned 11-miler, compression and self-massage tools, ready to get in a couple good workouts. By the time we got there Saturday, I was just ready to relax and visit and decided to skip my planned 5-miler. We stayed up far too late playing Farkle and visiting, not setting me up well for Sunday.
Sunday I ended up having to lay down with Liam in order to get him to nap. Since I hadn't had much sleep I wasn't too put out by this! Problem was I ended up laying there with him for over 2 hours. Dave came in to get ready for his run and offered to let me go instead, but I was feeling pretty lazy by that point.
Last week's sad numbers:
Tues: run 2
Fri: 3 mile run, last 2@10k pace
Total: 5 miles run
Anyway, I'm hoping for a little better self-motivation this week!
I've rescheduled my missed 11-miler to Tuesday. Not sure what's going to happen with master swim on Tuesday, the weather is supposed to be terrible. I may end up revamping this whole week's plan.
The week started with a rest day, then Tuesday I just had a bad day that took the wind out of my sails for the remainder of the week. Tuesday morning I was up at 5am for a 5 mile treadmill run. I got dizzy, like usual, but almost fell off the 'mill. I have been able to run through the dizziness when I run outdoors, but I've almost fallen off the treadmill twice now. Considering there is a cement wall behind me, I'm not too keen on that happening. I was NOT pleased with getting up at 5am to complete only 2 miles.
Later Tuesday morning I went to see my doctor again about the dizziness issues. They referred me off to the ENT and the cardiologist. I wasn't too depressed about this until my sitter called sick with the flu and I had to miss master swim. Unfortunately that gave me time to sit around that evening and stew about my upcoming appointments and the possible ailments my doctor had described.
That put me in a funk for the next couple days. Liam decided not to nap on Wednesday, I had my first appointment/testing with the cardiologist on Thursday and that pretty much wiped out those two days. By Friday I was more than ready to get back on schedule and I turned the planned easy 3-miler into a pace run.
Saturday and Sunday we went to visit friends. I packed all my running gear, nutrition for the planned 11-miler, compression and self-massage tools, ready to get in a couple good workouts. By the time we got there Saturday, I was just ready to relax and visit and decided to skip my planned 5-miler. We stayed up far too late playing Farkle and visiting, not setting me up well for Sunday.
Sunday I ended up having to lay down with Liam in order to get him to nap. Since I hadn't had much sleep I wasn't too put out by this! Problem was I ended up laying there with him for over 2 hours. Dave came in to get ready for his run and offered to let me go instead, but I was feeling pretty lazy by that point.
Last week's sad numbers:
Tues: run 2
Fri: 3 mile run, last 2@10k pace
Total: 5 miles run
Anyway, I'm hoping for a little better self-motivation this week!
I've rescheduled my missed 11-miler to Tuesday. Not sure what's going to happen with master swim on Tuesday, the weather is supposed to be terrible. I may end up revamping this whole week's plan.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Training Log Jan 12-19 & Virtual Triathlon/Duathlon Event
This training log is going to be a little off compared to the rest - it contains one extra day. I'm changing over from using a Sun-Sat calendar to track my workouts to a Mon-Sun calendar. Why? My training plan is built on a Mon-Sun calendar and I am annoyed by not tracking the same way I'm planning. To that end, I'm designing myself a bunch of planner pages that fit MY requirements for my to-do lists, food journaling, training planning and tracking, etc.
So here's the one lone day that is lost in limbo:
Sun Feb 12: 30 minute easy spin on bike trainer
And here's the first week in the new Mon-Sun format:
Mon: 30 minute easy spin on bike trainer
Tues: 5 mile treadmill run, 53:28; short lap swim + masters class for total of 1800 yds
Weds: 3x400 "hill" repeats on treadmill @ 10K pace, 3 miles total, 29:33
Thurs: 60 min bike trainer; 33 minute walk on treadmill after bike so I could finish watching my movie :)
Fri: 3 miles easy on treadmill, 30:00
Sat: 5 mile run at marathon pace, 49:18; 60 minute recovery spin
Sun: 10 mile run - middle 4 with my dad, 1:51:00
Weekly Totals:
Swim: 1800yds
Bike: 2.5 hours on trainer
Run: 26 miles
On to the virtual event:
Jason from Cook Train Eat Race is hosting a virtual triathlon/duathlon event to benefit Shape-Up America. This is how Shape-Up America describes themselves on their website:
"Founded in 1994, Shape Up America! is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization committed to raising awareness of obesity as a health issue and to providing responsible information on healthy weight management. Take a journey through our website to find information and ideas to achieve a healthy weight for you and your family. If you are a health professional, you will find resources to assist your clients and patients with their efforts to attain and maintain a healthy weight."
Jason is asking for a mere $10 donation to participate in this event. Most of us are training anyway, and I don't know about you, but I can always use the extra accountability! Plus, he has prizes from some great sponsors lined up! It's not too late to jump into this event- you have a whole month to complete the distances. Find more info and register here.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Training Log Feb 5-11: Recovery week?
Yeah, about that title... ::cough::bullshit::cough::
This training log is a really short one:
Tuesday I went to my first master's swim class and swam a total of 975yds.
That's it. All week.
Well, that's it for training anyway. I had my meeting with the auditor this week so a lot of time was spent making sure I had all my ducks in a row (I did, I just get nervous and have to check, double check, and triple check!) I am happy to report that my child-free time will now be for ME once again!
Just in time, too. Marathon training officially kicks off this week! I modified Hal Higdon's Advanced Marathon Training 1 plan to fit a multisport schedule.
This is what my first official week looks like. Normally I would take Mondays off, but since I did so little last week, I feel like I should do SOMETHING. So I'm going to get just a little extra time in the saddle and get my girly parts used to it again. The bike session on Saturday in parentheses is optional. When triathlon training starts in mid-March, this will no longer be an optional workout. For now, I'm going to leave it up to how I feel. Totals for this week should reach 120 minutes swimming + masters class, 90 minutes cycling + the optional 60, and 26 miles running.
I got a lot done on the organizing challenge this week. I am loving my new drawers for my gear instead of the old "pile" system!
Stay tuned later this week for a totally non-fitness related tutorial on how I did this. It was easy-peasy, I promise!
This training log is a really short one:
Tuesday I went to my first master's swim class and swam a total of 975yds.
That's it. All week.
Well, that's it for training anyway. I had my meeting with the auditor this week so a lot of time was spent making sure I had all my ducks in a row (I did, I just get nervous and have to check, double check, and triple check!) I am happy to report that my child-free time will now be for ME once again!
Just in time, too. Marathon training officially kicks off this week! I modified Hal Higdon's Advanced Marathon Training 1 plan to fit a multisport schedule.
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| The training whiteboard on my refrigerator. Lets everyone know what's going on for the week. |
I got a lot done on the organizing challenge this week. I am loving my new drawers for my gear instead of the old "pile" system!
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| Before |
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| After! |
Stay tuned later this week for a totally non-fitness related tutorial on how I did this. It was easy-peasy, I promise!
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Training Log Jan 22- Feb 4
So I've been MIA lately, and here's why...
I have become one of the lucky few to be audited by the IRS. And while I, generally speaking, keep good records, the organization of those records for 2010 left a little to be desired. You see, in 2010, I owned and ran a small business, had a baby, and refused to put him in day care. There were obvious levels of organization depending on the time of year. The first few months (pre-baby), everything was sorted and put in the appropriate folder. The first few months of Liam's life, things were sorted but not filed. After he started crawling, the last few months of 2010, the paperwork was all just put into a box without being sorted or filed.
What I'm getting to with all that is, organize your stuff when you first get it. It is SO much easier than trying to locate and organize everything two years later!
Needless to say, this project has been taking up most of my time lately. That, combined with not feeling so great on some of my workouts has led to a lack of workouts in the past couple weeks. I actually walked in the door from a run one day and told my husband that I needed to back to the doctor. (I'll talk more about that later.)
So here goes with the training log:
Sun: unplanned day off
Mon: 3 miles on treadmill, 30 minutes, followed by 10 minute spin on bike trainer for cooldown (2.7 miles)
Tues: 4 miles on treadmill, 39:21
Weds: 7 x 400 on the treadmill at 2 minutes each, total of 4 miles, 39:07
Thurs: Rest day
Fri: unplanned day off- "glutened" myself on purpose today to confirm that I am intolerant. Felt like crap for the next few days.
Sat: unplanned day off
Sun: unplanned day off
Mon: 4 miles outside- was supposed to be 7 but got dizzy just a couple miles in, not resolved by the turnoff to home so I cut my mileage short, time was 46:??
Tues: Day off (worked on tax stuff a.l.l. d.a.y.)
Weds: 3 miles outside with stroller, 35:41
Thurs. & Fri: last push to get all my stuff done for my audit appointment
Sat: spent pretty much the whole day either at the grocery store or in the kitchen. Plans tonight with friends, church potluck tomorrow, and people coming tomorrow for Superbowl means a lot of creative gluten- and lactose-free dishes.
The supposed-to-be-a-7-miler on Monday was the day I came in the house and proclaimed that I needed to go back to the doctor. I had hoped my dizziness while exercising would resolve after fixing my food intolerance issues, but that doesn't seem to be the case. I have continued to have dizziness throughout my food trial, even momentarily blacking out once while on the treadmill. Usually, it would only happen during long workouts, starting between 40 and 60 minutes into the workout. It's actually been getting worse, starting as early as 20 minutes into some workouts. The time I blacked out, I wasn't even dizzy first. I felt fine before and after, the world just went dark for a second. Thank goodness feeling my foot move with the treadmill belt snapped me out of it and I managed to not fall off!
In much more fun news, I start a Masters Swimming class tonight! My swimming is by FAR my worst sport in triathlon. And there just aren't many resources close to me to help me improve. Heck, I drive 30 minutes just to get to a pool at a nearby YMCA. Unfortunately, the Y no longer offers masters swimming due to past lack of interest. Luckily, there are some triathletes 30 minutes in another direction that have been able to organize a masters swim! I am excited and VERY nervous. I know I'm going to be the worst swimmer there, and I'm okay with that. I just hope I don't end up slowing the rest of the group down too much.
I have become one of the lucky few to be audited by the IRS. And while I, generally speaking, keep good records, the organization of those records for 2010 left a little to be desired. You see, in 2010, I owned and ran a small business, had a baby, and refused to put him in day care. There were obvious levels of organization depending on the time of year. The first few months (pre-baby), everything was sorted and put in the appropriate folder. The first few months of Liam's life, things were sorted but not filed. After he started crawling, the last few months of 2010, the paperwork was all just put into a box without being sorted or filed.
What I'm getting to with all that is, organize your stuff when you first get it. It is SO much easier than trying to locate and organize everything two years later!
Needless to say, this project has been taking up most of my time lately. That, combined with not feeling so great on some of my workouts has led to a lack of workouts in the past couple weeks. I actually walked in the door from a run one day and told my husband that I needed to back to the doctor. (I'll talk more about that later.)
So here goes with the training log:
Sun: unplanned day off
Mon: 3 miles on treadmill, 30 minutes, followed by 10 minute spin on bike trainer for cooldown (2.7 miles)
Tues: 4 miles on treadmill, 39:21
Weds: 7 x 400 on the treadmill at 2 minutes each, total of 4 miles, 39:07
Thurs: Rest day
Fri: unplanned day off- "glutened" myself on purpose today to confirm that I am intolerant. Felt like crap for the next few days.
Sat: unplanned day off
Sun: unplanned day off
Mon: 4 miles outside- was supposed to be 7 but got dizzy just a couple miles in, not resolved by the turnoff to home so I cut my mileage short, time was 46:??
Tues: Day off (worked on tax stuff a.l.l. d.a.y.)
Weds: 3 miles outside with stroller, 35:41
Thurs. & Fri: last push to get all my stuff done for my audit appointment
Sat: spent pretty much the whole day either at the grocery store or in the kitchen. Plans tonight with friends, church potluck tomorrow, and people coming tomorrow for Superbowl means a lot of creative gluten- and lactose-free dishes.
The supposed-to-be-a-7-miler on Monday was the day I came in the house and proclaimed that I needed to go back to the doctor. I had hoped my dizziness while exercising would resolve after fixing my food intolerance issues, but that doesn't seem to be the case. I have continued to have dizziness throughout my food trial, even momentarily blacking out once while on the treadmill. Usually, it would only happen during long workouts, starting between 40 and 60 minutes into the workout. It's actually been getting worse, starting as early as 20 minutes into some workouts. The time I blacked out, I wasn't even dizzy first. I felt fine before and after, the world just went dark for a second. Thank goodness feeling my foot move with the treadmill belt snapped me out of it and I managed to not fall off!
In much more fun news, I start a Masters Swimming class tonight! My swimming is by FAR my worst sport in triathlon. And there just aren't many resources close to me to help me improve. Heck, I drive 30 minutes just to get to a pool at a nearby YMCA. Unfortunately, the Y no longer offers masters swimming due to past lack of interest. Luckily, there are some triathletes 30 minutes in another direction that have been able to organize a masters swim! I am excited and VERY nervous. I know I'm going to be the worst swimmer there, and I'm okay with that. I just hope I don't end up slowing the rest of the group down too much.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Training Log Jan 15-21
I can't believe January is almost over already. It's gone so fast this year with the nice weather we've had. Usually January and February seem to drag on forever!
I'm not working out as much as I'd like. Since we finished our holiday travel, Liam has decided to reset his nap/sleep schedule and hasn't settled into any type of pattern yet. Some days he naps, some he doesn't, sometimes only for 20 minutes. Getting him to go to sleep at night has become a battle as well. Some nights I put him back to bed a gazillion times. But, as someone reminded me, this too shall pass. As important as my workouts are to me, in the big picture, having a few light weeks while Liam figures out his sleep schedule isn't likely to hurt me much.
Sun: 8 mile run, outside, IN SHORTS! (4th time in January this year), first 4 miles with my dad. 1:28:53
Mon: Swim 750 yds (150wu, 500 continuous, 100cd)
Tues: Rest day
Weds: Unplanned rest day
Thurs: Ran 2.7miles total, did "Run Faster with Chrissie Wellington 1" on the treadmill, 25:00
Fri: Ran 2.5 miles on treadmill. Had a split second blackout and almost fell off. Decided I should probably end my workout for the day.
Sat: Shoveled snow for 20 min. and opted to work on fixing my bike during my workout time. I now have a bike that shifts properly again!
Weekly Totals:
Swim: 750yds
Run: 13.2 miles
Food Journal:
This week I continued to experiment adding some foods back in. I am happy to say that adding dairy back in went well, as cheese is one of my favorite indulgences. It looks like I may be gluten intolerant based on my journal observations. While this will be a pain in the rear whenever we go somewhere (out to eat, other people's houses), it is definitely something I can manage. I'm already trying some alternative flours and if, when I try gluten again, gluten really is the culprit, I am determined to look on it as just another cooking adventure.
Here's the link to this week's journal:
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=12H2GTBu3TRvECg-PxRMZwAfHDhlb9gn4CUg-jdavtG0
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Training Log & Food Journal Jan 8-14
This week went well. I've been feeling great, thanks to my elimination diet. I even experimented with adding a couple things back in (eggs, corn) and so far so good. I got back in the pool for the first time since my 70.3 last July! I have definitely lost my endurance for swimming, but am happy to report that I haven't lost any speed - not that I had any to begin with.
Here's the weeks training:
Sun: 500yds, mixed drills/ free
Mon: rest
Tues: Ran 5 with stroller, 58:53. Walked up the one big hill with soft gravel since this was supposed to be an EASY day :)
Weds: Treadmill hills, 6x400, 3.5 total miles
Thurs: Ran 2.1, treadmill, 21:00 - supposed to be 3, but Liam woke up from nap
Fri: Rest day
Sat:: Ran 0.6 miles on treadmill, supposed to do fartlek, had sore hip flexor. After last year's treadmill overuse injury, not taking any chances this early in year. Decided to rest. (Good decision- had no pain running outdoors the next day.)
Weekly Totals:
Swim: 500yds
Run: 11.2 miles
Time to add the bike in soon. I'm working on getting it fixed. I have determined that I need a new chain. I have a new chain...somewhere. I can't figure out why it's not in the box with the rest of the parts that came with the new bike. I've looked everywhere logical and several not-so-logical places. I ended up just ordering a new one today. Hopefully this will solve my shifting problem as well and I'll be all ready to go for a while.
I mentioned above that my journaling/diet is going well. I really feel SOOO much better! I am happy that adding eggs back in hasn't seemed to bother me as I was having trouble getting enough protein. Here's the link to this week's journal:
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1F6b3b-xYjdnDzxc__2yWhQeUCPFbAjPsCUDYMBhPg7M
I'm excited to get back in the pool a couple more times this next week. I know the endurance will come back quickly if I just go swim. I also need to get a little more endurance before masters swimming starts in a couple weeks! I'm pretty sure I'll be the slow one, but I'd like to not be the annoyingly slow one!
Here's the weeks training:
Sun: 500yds, mixed drills/ free
Mon: rest
Tues: Ran 5 with stroller, 58:53. Walked up the one big hill with soft gravel since this was supposed to be an EASY day :)
Weds: Treadmill hills, 6x400, 3.5 total miles
Thurs: Ran 2.1, treadmill, 21:00 - supposed to be 3, but Liam woke up from nap
Fri: Rest day
Sat:: Ran 0.6 miles on treadmill, supposed to do fartlek, had sore hip flexor. After last year's treadmill overuse injury, not taking any chances this early in year. Decided to rest. (Good decision- had no pain running outdoors the next day.)
Weekly Totals:
Swim: 500yds
Run: 11.2 miles
Time to add the bike in soon. I'm working on getting it fixed. I have determined that I need a new chain. I have a new chain...somewhere. I can't figure out why it's not in the box with the rest of the parts that came with the new bike. I've looked everywhere logical and several not-so-logical places. I ended up just ordering a new one today. Hopefully this will solve my shifting problem as well and I'll be all ready to go for a while.
I mentioned above that my journaling/diet is going well. I really feel SOOO much better! I am happy that adding eggs back in hasn't seemed to bother me as I was having trouble getting enough protein. Here's the link to this week's journal:
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1F6b3b-xYjdnDzxc__2yWhQeUCPFbAjPsCUDYMBhPg7M
I'm excited to get back in the pool a couple more times this next week. I know the endurance will come back quickly if I just go swim. I also need to get a little more endurance before masters swimming starts in a couple weeks! I'm pretty sure I'll be the slow one, but I'd like to not be the annoyingly slow one!
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Training Log & Food Journal Jan 1-7
The first week of 2012 has been a good one! I'm back to running, the elimination diet is going well, and the weather is GORGEOUS!
I am very excited to be back running. I'm slower than I would like, but after December, I'm happy with how I'm doing. Especially that I was able to just jump in and run 7 miles my first week back!
Sun-Tues: Off- traveling and visiting for the LAST of our holiday obligations!
Weds: 3 miles, outside with stroller
Thurs: 3 miles, treadmill @ 9PM, 30:00 - I had hoped to get outside today, but Liam and his nap schedule (or lack of!) had other ideas
Fri: Tempo Run: 1 mile warmup, 2 miles @ 10:10 pace, 0.24 mile cooldown- cooldown should have been longer, but again, Liam waking up from his nap interfered. This was supposed to be a day off but it was 46 degrees out, I had to get outside!
Sat: 7 miles, 1:17:50 (11:07 pace) Slower than I would like, but in the right range according to the McMillan calculator
Weekly total: 16.24 miles Considering I only ran 17.3 miles for the whole month of December, this is pretty awesome!
This coming week I'll be getting back in the pool in addition to my running. Wish me luck, swimming is the hardest for me and with no real swim community anywhere close, I don't have many opportunities for help or support. I'll plug away at it and try hard to improve my skills as best I can.
FOOD JOURNAL:
This week was the start of my elimination diet. It's going well, but can be frustrating when I'm craving something I can't have. Actually, the food I've had has been delicious and except for one major guacamole craving, I haven't had much trouble with craving foods. Really the only problem with guacamole was that I usually eat it with tortilla chips. After much stewing and cupboard-digging, I came up with homemade Chile-Lime Potato Chips that hit the spot!
I've decided against posting my entire food journal within the blog. Instead, I have created a Google doc for each week's journal and will provide the link weekly.
You'll notice there are no quantities within my food journal. This IS on purpose. Everyone has different ideas about how much this, that, or the other thing you should be eating and omitting quantities will hopefully prevent some of the critique that I should be eating more or less of something.
Here's the link for this week's food journal:
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| Saturday January 7: 40 degrees! |
I am very excited to be back running. I'm slower than I would like, but after December, I'm happy with how I'm doing. Especially that I was able to just jump in and run 7 miles my first week back!
Sun-Tues: Off- traveling and visiting for the LAST of our holiday obligations!
Weds: 3 miles, outside with stroller
Thurs: 3 miles, treadmill @ 9PM, 30:00 - I had hoped to get outside today, but Liam and his nap schedule (or lack of!) had other ideas
Fri: Tempo Run: 1 mile warmup, 2 miles @ 10:10 pace, 0.24 mile cooldown- cooldown should have been longer, but again, Liam waking up from his nap interfered. This was supposed to be a day off but it was 46 degrees out, I had to get outside!
Sat: 7 miles, 1:17:50 (11:07 pace) Slower than I would like, but in the right range according to the McMillan calculator
Weekly total: 16.24 miles Considering I only ran 17.3 miles for the whole month of December, this is pretty awesome!
This coming week I'll be getting back in the pool in addition to my running. Wish me luck, swimming is the hardest for me and with no real swim community anywhere close, I don't have many opportunities for help or support. I'll plug away at it and try hard to improve my skills as best I can.
FOOD JOURNAL:
This week was the start of my elimination diet. It's going well, but can be frustrating when I'm craving something I can't have. Actually, the food I've had has been delicious and except for one major guacamole craving, I haven't had much trouble with craving foods. Really the only problem with guacamole was that I usually eat it with tortilla chips. After much stewing and cupboard-digging, I came up with homemade Chile-Lime Potato Chips that hit the spot!
I've decided against posting my entire food journal within the blog. Instead, I have created a Google doc for each week's journal and will provide the link weekly.
You'll notice there are no quantities within my food journal. This IS on purpose. Everyone has different ideas about how much this, that, or the other thing you should be eating and omitting quantities will hopefully prevent some of the critique that I should be eating more or less of something.
Here's the link for this week's food journal:
I'm looking forward to another beautiful week of getting outside with minimal bundling up. We have one day this week predicted below 20 degrees, every other day is supposed to be in the 30s or 40s. Such crazy weather, but I love it!
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Training log Dec. 11-24
There isn't much to this training report. I've been having issues with fatigue, nausea, and dizziness for a while now. I finally went to the doctor but the tests he ran were all negative. So I still have no idea why I feel like crud. He has me changing back to a multivitamin that includes iron and doing a food journal to see if particular things set off my nausea. I also ended up in the ER the night before Christmas eve with vomiting and severe stomach pain. Made me feel a little silly when it was just a viral gastroenteritis, but I'm glad I was able to go and get the IV anti-nausea and pain meds and the IV fluids.
Anyway, I'm on bland foods and rest for a few days, then the food journaling and new multivitamin begin. I hope it all just goes away. I am not a good sick person. I get kinda whiny.
So here's the brief training log. Hopefully the next one will look better!
Sun: P90X Legs & Back, 30 minutes worth, dizzy & extremely fatigued
Mon: run 6 miles, 1:04:35, dizzy last 3 miles
Tues: sick
Weds: sick
Thurs, Fri, Sat: no workouts
Sun: 3.95 miles, 39:16, dizzy last 2.5 miles
Mon-Thurs: no workouts
Fri,Sat: sick
Hope everyone is having a Merry Christmas!
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Training Log Dec 4-10
I did a little better this week than last. I didn't do as much as I should have, but I did okay.
Sun, Mon: off
Tues: 5 miles on treadmill, 51:53, + walked .5 mile cooldown
Weds: Off
Thurs: 2.35 miles. Planned 3, but I was running during Liam's nap and he woke up.
Fri: Off
Sat: 60 minutes worth of P90X Yoga. I pushed the first part pretty hard and I was completely wiped out after 1 hour.
I had two days that I ate enough fruits and veggies to count for HBBC points, bringing my HBBC total for Dec. 3-9 to 9.85 points. Kinda thinking I was a little overambitious when I placed myself in the Advanced category! But really, any other time of year I would be.
Now that I have my 2012 race plan in place, I started working on my training plan. I'm giving myself the rest of December to kind of play around with my schedule, then I'll start a more structured schedule.
In the past, I have penciled out a whole training plan onto a calendar. This works until I get off-plan and have to readjust. This time I wrote each week on an index card, then on the calender just wrote which week of the training plan I should be on (i.e. marathon week ten, 70.3 week one). This way, when I get off schedule, I don't have so much rewrite, I can just pull out the appropriate card. (Can you say organizationally obsessed?)
In other news, I am working on a video to submit to Team Evotri in their search for a new team member. I'm hoping to finish and post it this week. My technological devices have been conspiring against me so I'm ending up with a fancy slide show instead of actual video footage of myself. I can't even get the microphone to work appropriately to narrate my slide show. Thank goodness for royalty-free music! I'll post a link to it once I submit it.
Goals for this week are to get my homemade Christmas presents done, and get packed to head to the in-laws for an early Christmas celebration! Looking forward to doing some running with my brother-in-law and sister-in-law!
Monday, December 5, 2011
Training log Nov. 27- Dec 3
Enter a big fat ZERO for this week. Between not being able to sleep and my gall bladder acting up this week, I haven't felt very good and I didn't do any training. I managed to get one measly point for the HBBC challenge by eating 8 servings of fruits/veggies one day.
Here's hoping that I feel better and get some sleep soon and can get back to training. I really don't feel like I can do much, but I also feel like such a slug!
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Training Log Nov 20-26
Wow, this week is getting away from me already! Its's already Tuesday and I'm just finally getting around to posting last week's training log. Oops!
This was my first official week of the off-season. My goal for this off-season are to maintain my running base and increase my strength. I'm using P90X for the strength training portion. Starting in January, I'll also hit the pool and start working of my swimming. It desperately needs it, but with all the holiday stuff going on, I just don't have time to take 3+ hours out of my day to swim right now.
I'm still having some nagging hip issues, so this week is light on running. I'm hoping that will remedy itself with rest, ice, and lots of stretching. It's getting better, I think.
Sun: run 3 miles, 29:06, felt great! 18 degrees outside today; P90X yoga
Mon: P90X Legs/Back- only did 20 minutes and was TOAST. Need to make an effort to do these workouts during L's nap instead of waiting until the end of the day.
Tues: P90X Kenpo
Weds: Rest
Thurs: 5K Turkey Trot 30:51, with stroller, roads were very slippery in some spots- used the stroller like a walker!
Fri: P90X Shoulders & Arms
Sat: Unplanned rest day
I kind of feel like I should be doing more, but at the same time I feel like, "Hey, it's just the beginning of the off-season- take a break now while you can!" I'm trying to let myself take days off when I feel like it without feeling guilty. There is a ton of stuff I need to get done before Christmas and some days I have a hard time fitting it all in. Just like everyone else. So to everyone whose race season is over, take a break if you need to and don't feel the least bit bad about it! And have another glass of wine while you're at it, too...
Monday, November 21, 2011
Training Log Nov. 13-19
This was a recovery week for me and the first official week of the off-season!
Sun: last race of the season, Silver Strand Half-Marathon
Mon- Fri: REST! Lots of dancing with the toddler and LOTS of foam rolling!
Sat: 3 dreadfully slow and uncomfortable miles on the treadmill followed by P90X Shoulders & Arms
Total weekly mileage: 16.24 miles run (half-marathon was a little long)
My goals over the short term are to follow P90X while maintaining a running base and to plan out my 2012 season, both workouts and races. Races I've decided on so far are Grandma's Marathon, Rev3 Wisconsin HalfRev, and our semi-local and not-to-be-missed Turkey Day 10K.
I am also participating in Holiday Bootie Buster Challenge hosted by RunToTheFinish. There's still time to sign up and be eligible to win all sorts of cool prizes. (Late entries are only eligible for the weekly random giveaways, not the overall prizes).
Also, I got a new iPad and I'm currently trying out the Blogsy app. If this comes out looking all effed up, let me know and I'll try to figure out where I went wrong.
What do you most look forward to during the off-season?
What are your must-do races for 2012?
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Training Log Oct. 30-Nov. 5
I feel pretty good about this week, even though I didn't get all my workouts in. We had an out-of-town funeral to attend and the travel time and family obligations didn't allow time for running. I suppose I could have run after dark, but I wasn't comfortable doing that in an area unfamiliar to me.
Sun: half of P90X Core- lower back started to fatigue so I quit halfway through
Mon: 3 miles on treadmill, 30 min
Tues, Weds, Thurs: unplanned rest days
Fri: 5x400 @ 2:00 each, 400 recovery, with warmup and cooldown total of 3.18 miles, 30 minutes
Sat: 12 miles on treadmill. I was really looking forward to running outside. It was EXTREMELY windy (30mph with gusts over 40). I had planned to run one direction with the wind and have Dave pick me up. My dad advised me to rethink that, having done the same thing in similar wind conditions once and ending up with extreme quad soreness from the braking action of being pushed along by such a strong wind. I can't afford to be that sore right now.
I've got just a few days until I leave for San Diego and my "3 races, 3 days" weekend! I've got a 5K on Friday, a 5K on Saturday, and a half-marathon on Sunday. I hope to use Friday's 5K as speedwork, Saturday's 5K as recovery, and then hope to run my goal time of 2:05 in the half on Sunday. I was on pace for well under that in my last half before I crashed at mile 7.
I'm trying a little different nutrition strategy this time and am hoping that will help. I am carrying a water bottle with a mixture of water, Hammer gel & Endurolytes. I plan to sip on this every mile rather than taking a gel every 45 minutes like I have done in the past. This worked well during my long run yesterday. I didn't feel any of the ups and downs I usually do when taking gels only every 45 minutes.
I also plan to go out a little more conservatively. At Mankato I ran my first 7 miles at 9:13 per mile, putting me just over 2-hour pace. Far faster than my goal time. 2:05 is 9:33 per mile. I know I don't pace evenly, so I'm hoping to go out at around 9:20-9:25 per mile, giving me a little room to slow down, but (hopefully) not unsustainably fast.
Race prep throughout the week will include one last speed workout, a couple easy days, lots of foam rolling, paying special attention to my nutrition, and race visualization.
And, totally unrelated... I just figured out I could use the computer and walk on the treadmill at the same time. I love finding new ways to multi-task!
Weekly total: 18.18 miles run
Sun: half of P90X Core- lower back started to fatigue so I quit halfway through
Mon: 3 miles on treadmill, 30 min
Tues, Weds, Thurs: unplanned rest days
Fri: 5x400 @ 2:00 each, 400 recovery, with warmup and cooldown total of 3.18 miles, 30 minutes
Sat: 12 miles on treadmill. I was really looking forward to running outside. It was EXTREMELY windy (30mph with gusts over 40). I had planned to run one direction with the wind and have Dave pick me up. My dad advised me to rethink that, having done the same thing in similar wind conditions once and ending up with extreme quad soreness from the braking action of being pushed along by such a strong wind. I can't afford to be that sore right now.
I've got just a few days until I leave for San Diego and my "3 races, 3 days" weekend! I've got a 5K on Friday, a 5K on Saturday, and a half-marathon on Sunday. I hope to use Friday's 5K as speedwork, Saturday's 5K as recovery, and then hope to run my goal time of 2:05 in the half on Sunday. I was on pace for well under that in my last half before I crashed at mile 7.
I'm trying a little different nutrition strategy this time and am hoping that will help. I am carrying a water bottle with a mixture of water, Hammer gel & Endurolytes. I plan to sip on this every mile rather than taking a gel every 45 minutes like I have done in the past. This worked well during my long run yesterday. I didn't feel any of the ups and downs I usually do when taking gels only every 45 minutes.
I also plan to go out a little more conservatively. At Mankato I ran my first 7 miles at 9:13 per mile, putting me just over 2-hour pace. Far faster than my goal time. 2:05 is 9:33 per mile. I know I don't pace evenly, so I'm hoping to go out at around 9:20-9:25 per mile, giving me a little room to slow down, but (hopefully) not unsustainably fast.
Race prep throughout the week will include one last speed workout, a couple easy days, lots of foam rolling, paying special attention to my nutrition, and race visualization.
And, totally unrelated... I just figured out I could use the computer and walk on the treadmill at the same time. I love finding new ways to multi-task!
Weekly total: 18.18 miles run
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Training Log Oct. 23-29
Ahhh, recovery week. This week has been easy just when I needed it. My sleeping problems returned to some extent (I hope I have that figured out now) so I was pretty tired to start most days. Next week will be a regular week, followed by a week of taper and racing. (3 races in 3 days in San Diego!)
Sun: Rest day
Mon: 20 minutes easy with stroller, 1.8 miles, walk 20 minutes; foam rolling
Tues: 30 minutes easy on treadmill, 3 miles; foam rolling
Weds: Rest day
Thurs: Rest day (unplanned)
Fri: 4 miles, 40:29; yoga
Sat: 8 miles on.the.treadmill. Thank goodness for iPods and loud music!
Due to my bonk last race and post-run headaches that have been plaguing me all year, I am trying some new nutrition strategies. If they work out, I'll share. If not, well... I'll probably be asking for suggestions!
Have a great week and happy training!
Sun: Rest day
Mon: 20 minutes easy with stroller, 1.8 miles, walk 20 minutes; foam rolling
Tues: 30 minutes easy on treadmill, 3 miles; foam rolling
Weds: Rest day
Thurs: Rest day (unplanned)
Fri: 4 miles, 40:29; yoga
Sat: 8 miles on.the.treadmill. Thank goodness for iPods and loud music!
Due to my bonk last race and post-run headaches that have been plaguing me all year, I am trying some new nutrition strategies. If they work out, I'll share. If not, well... I'll probably be asking for suggestions!
Have a great week and happy training!
Monday, October 17, 2011
Training Log Oct. 9-15
I was spot-on with last week's prediction of not doing much for organized workouts this week. In fact, this was the only workout all week:
Mon: Ran 11 miles, 1:55:11, first 8 at long run pace, last 3 at half-marathon pace
The rest of the week was spent painting, dealing with some of the season's last tomatoes, and cleaning the house. I didn't finish painting, but the weather forecast for this week says that I'm done. It's supposed to be in the 40's for highs and it needs to be at least 50 to paint. Oh well, it's hard to paint with a toddler around anyway! I did get enough done that at least it will look okay from the road if I can't get back to it until next spring.
It sounds like Liam had a fun week with Grandma & Grandpa in Iowa. He is adjusting well to being back home.
Goals for this week are to get back on schedule with P90X and a half-marathon on Saturday. I'd like to PR in the half, but I'm not confident that I can hold that pace for 13 miles. I had PR'd a half-marathon in a training run this spring, but I don't feel my fitness is as solid as it was then. We'll see. I've finished enough half-marathons that I don't really want to run just to finish. So far, I think my plan will be to go out at PR pace and see how long I can hold it.
On a somewhat related note, I'm still looking for a bib for that half-marathon in San Diego. I'd really like to run that race, but it's starting to look like that may not happen, even though it appeared that bibs were fairly readily available for transfer. I still have a couple avenues to pursue, but I'm not too optimistic. I may just have to settle for a 5K that day instead.
Weekly total: Run:11 miles
Mon: Ran 11 miles, 1:55:11, first 8 at long run pace, last 3 at half-marathon pace
The rest of the week was spent painting, dealing with some of the season's last tomatoes, and cleaning the house. I didn't finish painting, but the weather forecast for this week says that I'm done. It's supposed to be in the 40's for highs and it needs to be at least 50 to paint. Oh well, it's hard to paint with a toddler around anyway! I did get enough done that at least it will look okay from the road if I can't get back to it until next spring.
It sounds like Liam had a fun week with Grandma & Grandpa in Iowa. He is adjusting well to being back home.
Goals for this week are to get back on schedule with P90X and a half-marathon on Saturday. I'd like to PR in the half, but I'm not confident that I can hold that pace for 13 miles. I had PR'd a half-marathon in a training run this spring, but I don't feel my fitness is as solid as it was then. We'll see. I've finished enough half-marathons that I don't really want to run just to finish. So far, I think my plan will be to go out at PR pace and see how long I can hold it.
On a somewhat related note, I'm still looking for a bib for that half-marathon in San Diego. I'd really like to run that race, but it's starting to look like that may not happen, even though it appeared that bibs were fairly readily available for transfer. I still have a couple avenues to pursue, but I'm not too optimistic. I may just have to settle for a 5K that day instead.
Weekly total: Run:11 miles
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Training Log Oct. 2-8
I felt great this week! My energy levels are back on track, I slept well, and I was able to get most of my workouts in as well as a bunch of stuff around the house.
Sun: 40 minute walk w/ stroller; half of P90X Core
Mon: 25 minute easy run, 2.25 miles; P90X Shoulder & Arms, half of Ab Ripper X
Tues: 45 minute easy run, 4.13 miles; P90X Yoga
Weds: P90X Legs/Back- I did this in two sessions. I hadn't eaten enough breakfast to fuel the workout and I crashed halfway through. Came back at night and did the rest.
Thurs: 3 miles on treadmill, "hills"
Fri: Rest day
Sat: 5 miles on treadmill, 54:00. This was supposed to be 11 miles, but I was running during Liam's nap and he woke up early!
Weekly run mileage: 14.38 miles
Looks like a good start to my goals for the fitness challenge. Maintain aerobic base, increase strength. I'm hoping to be able to continue this week, but life may get in the way a little. Liam is at Grandma & Grandpa's for a whole week and I have decided to tackle painting the exterior of the house all by myself. To get this done in a week, I will have to spend most of my waking hours working on it. At least painting a house is more exercise than sitting on my butt!
Sun: 40 minute walk w/ stroller; half of P90X Core
Mon: 25 minute easy run, 2.25 miles; P90X Shoulder & Arms, half of Ab Ripper X
Tues: 45 minute easy run, 4.13 miles; P90X Yoga
Weds: P90X Legs/Back- I did this in two sessions. I hadn't eaten enough breakfast to fuel the workout and I crashed halfway through. Came back at night and did the rest.
Thurs: 3 miles on treadmill, "hills"
Fri: Rest day
Sat: 5 miles on treadmill, 54:00. This was supposed to be 11 miles, but I was running during Liam's nap and he woke up early!
Weekly run mileage: 14.38 miles
Looks like a good start to my goals for the fitness challenge. Maintain aerobic base, increase strength. I'm hoping to be able to continue this week, but life may get in the way a little. Liam is at Grandma & Grandpa's for a whole week and I have decided to tackle painting the exterior of the house all by myself. To get this done in a week, I will have to spend most of my waking hours working on it. At least painting a house is more exercise than sitting on my butt!
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Training Log Sept. 25- Oct. 1
Woohoo! I finally did enough training this week to do a training log!
Sun: Irongirl Duathlon (Race report here) Ran 4.15 miles, Biked 22.75 miles
Mon: Rest
Tues: Sick
Weds: Sick
Thurs: 3 mile pace run, 28:12
Fri: 3 miles easy, 31:31
Sat: 9 miles easy, 1:41:33, WINDY!; 25 minute walk
Weekly Totals:
Run: 19.15 miles
Bike: 22.75 miles
I started a 90-Day Fitness Challenge on October 1st with an online friend. I am also doing the October Unprocessed Challenge hosted by Eating Rules. (see button in right sidebar). Basically it's eating nothing but what you could make from raw ingredients in your kitchen. (To find a complete discussion of what is allowed for the challenge, please visit one of the above links.) I am allowing myself two exceptions to this challenge.
1) I have one half-marathon race left mid-month and am going to use gels and sport drinks for that race. I know they work for me and they are available at the aid stations.
2) Milk. The challenge defines homogenized milk as off-limits. If I had a source to get raw organic milk that I could pasteurize at home, I would. But since it's illegal to sell raw milk in Minnesota, I don't see that happening anytime soon. Until that changes, I will continue to buy the homogenized milk from the grocery store.
I am excited to be part of these challenges. I only have one more race planned this year and was wondering what I was going to do to keep myself motivated.
On another note, I find myself with a plane ticket and no event to attend. I can change my ticket, but I don't know where to go or what to do. It's on Sun Country so I'm limited in destinations (I can't believe they don't fly to Denver! WTH? They used to!) I need an idea for a good getaway that I can do on my own. Something triathlon related that isn't super expensive would be awesome. Anyone got any suggestions?
Sun: Irongirl Duathlon (Race report here) Ran 4.15 miles, Biked 22.75 miles
Mon: Rest
Tues: Sick
Weds: Sick
Thurs: 3 mile pace run, 28:12
Fri: 3 miles easy, 31:31
Sat: 9 miles easy, 1:41:33, WINDY!; 25 minute walk
Weekly Totals:
Run: 19.15 miles
Bike: 22.75 miles
I started a 90-Day Fitness Challenge on October 1st with an online friend. I am also doing the October Unprocessed Challenge hosted by Eating Rules. (see button in right sidebar). Basically it's eating nothing but what you could make from raw ingredients in your kitchen. (To find a complete discussion of what is allowed for the challenge, please visit one of the above links.) I am allowing myself two exceptions to this challenge.
1) I have one half-marathon race left mid-month and am going to use gels and sport drinks for that race. I know they work for me and they are available at the aid stations.
2) Milk. The challenge defines homogenized milk as off-limits. If I had a source to get raw organic milk that I could pasteurize at home, I would. But since it's illegal to sell raw milk in Minnesota, I don't see that happening anytime soon. Until that changes, I will continue to buy the homogenized milk from the grocery store.
I am excited to be part of these challenges. I only have one more race planned this year and was wondering what I was going to do to keep myself motivated.
On another note, I find myself with a plane ticket and no event to attend. I can change my ticket, but I don't know where to go or what to do. It's on Sun Country so I'm limited in destinations (I can't believe they don't fly to Denver! WTH? They used to!) I need an idea for a good getaway that I can do on my own. Something triathlon related that isn't super expensive would be awesome. Anyone got any suggestions?
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Training Log August 21-27
This week I actually ran four times, the most in one week since deciding to back off a little. The only problem is, those four times occurred in the first five days, and I didn't do much at all this weekend. But, let's concentrate on the positives, shall we?
Sun: 4 miles, 43:35- felt TERRIBLE
Mon: 3 miles with stroller, 32:50
Tues: Rest day
Weds: 2.62 miles, 25:04- felt pretty good! Stopped when my pace started to slow significantly.
Thurs: 3 miles on treadmill, 30:00- I almost didn't run today because I've been feeling a cold coming on since Weds. evening. I took advantage of a burst of energy, cranked up the tunes and had my best run in a month! I actually had to keep myself from going faster and I felt great the whole time!
Fri, Sat: Ummm, yeah, remember when I mention not doing much this weekend?
Weekly totals:
Run: 12.62 miles
I've been having some trouble with fatigue lately (see this post) so I'm heading to the doctor this week to make sure it's just my normal seasonal stuff and not a thyroid or iron-deficiency issue. I really hate getting blood drawn. I once almost passed out when they pricked my finger with a lancet (this was before they had the nifty spring-loaded ones). I really hate needles!
Sun: 4 miles, 43:35- felt TERRIBLE
Mon: 3 miles with stroller, 32:50
Tues: Rest day
Weds: 2.62 miles, 25:04- felt pretty good! Stopped when my pace started to slow significantly.
Thurs: 3 miles on treadmill, 30:00- I almost didn't run today because I've been feeling a cold coming on since Weds. evening. I took advantage of a burst of energy, cranked up the tunes and had my best run in a month! I actually had to keep myself from going faster and I felt great the whole time!
Fri, Sat: Ummm, yeah, remember when I mention not doing much this weekend?
Weekly totals:
Run: 12.62 miles
I've been having some trouble with fatigue lately (see this post) so I'm heading to the doctor this week to make sure it's just my normal seasonal stuff and not a thyroid or iron-deficiency issue. I really hate getting blood drawn. I once almost passed out when they pricked my finger with a lancet (this was before they had the nifty spring-loaded ones). I really hate needles!
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