I should remember more about these two weeks, but I don't.
Sometimes when I'm not stable my memory isn't as good. It's part of the cognitive effect of bipolar, I guess. Anyways, I rode a wee little bit, and mostly ran. Missed a run or two - partly because of birth control-related nausea (confirmed by GP and pdoc to not be related to my instability, yay, I guess), and partly because I'm crazy. But I substituted.
I hate times like this. I guess my runs didn't go terribly - in fact, some went well. It's just a fog. Toby did one of my interval runs with me because he is a stabilizing influence on me and I didn't want to leave the house without him. He's only been riding lately, not running, so this was very sweet of him. And in good news, I'm now faster than him! Mwuahahahaha. I ran the warm up with him, then ran the intervals on my own, jogged back to him on the recovery, repeat. We did part of the cool down together too.
Neb got some runs in. We enjoyed the mud. My ankle bothered me some, but I worked through it. Stupid icy trails, stupid microspikes. I fell twice and had to crawl to the side of the trail to get my microspikes on. Talk about dignified.
So yeah, stuff happened, and when I look back at this blog - I didn't persevere perfectly through this time, but I did pretty damn good. And my GP agreed to raise my Saphris last week, so that got me stable again, and I saw pdoc on the 25th and he said the dosage was fine, even though it's higher than the 'maximum' dose (the efficacy has not been demonstrated, but the side effect profile is worsened). Luckily he helped research the drug and is pretty cool about that stuff.
I had some upset tummy though, which I don't think is Infinit-related. Infinit has always been fine tummy-wise for me. But I do have an *ahem* sensitive system when it comes to running - and yeah. Toby said 'What would you do if you were in the woods?' but in the woods would be fine, it's when I'm in the city I'm screwed. My hormones have been a little out of whack though and that could be part of it. I can always take Immodium at the start of runs if this is a consistent problem, but I don't think it will be.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Sunday, March 10, 2013
March 4-10
Very happy with how this week went.
I ran 6 days, with 5 core sessions and one lower body strength session on my rest day.
My strength is really improving - which is to say, my speed is. I had a couple of good sessions, including a great progression tempo run on Wednesday.
Monday's run was a strong run. I followed it up with a run with Neb on Tuesday, so a slower pace, but it set me up for Wednesday, and it was a great pace for Nebbers. He's improving, just in time for it to get hot and for his running to be absolutely destroyed. Humidity is not the friend of the Husky.
Wednesday is showing me that my top end speed has improved a hell of a lot, now it's just a matter of getting that speed consistent and holding it for longer runs.
Thursday was a trot - there's no other way of putting it. I felt terrible though - on the way home from work I was hit with terrible nausea. I managed to get some rice in me, watch 'Unbreakable' (the ultra running movie, not the other one), and then go for a run on my brand-spanking new road shoes I'd picked up at lunch that day - Brooks Ghost 5s.
They're comfortable. What can I say. They are shoes. It's not like trail shoes where you care about grip, not really. But they are comfy and that's what matters. Not too heavy.
Friday was a rest day, so I did lower body strength.
Saturday I was up eaaaaaaarly. I was out Friday night - my cousin was in town for reading week and we took her out for dinner - and Kelly had invited me to run with her and some folk on Saturday morning. We met at 7 am up in Palgrave so I got up at 5:40 am get out there - I'd packed up everything after work on Friday. It was forecasted to be about -3C on Saturday morning, but driving out there the car thermometer dropped to -6.5C.
I got there and a few other runners showed up - and who should be there but Marylou! I know her through Toby, so it was really cool to see her and get to run with her that day. She'd just gotten into Badwater, which is amazing. Kelly and I ran for 3 hours, everyone else ran for 8. One day, one day. We ran a mix of trail and country road. To be honest, the post-holing was so brutal at one point when the trail popped out onto road someone suggested sticking to road for a bit and it was a relief. I love running on trails, but running is the operative word. Running was very difficult. I didn't need my microspikes though, and if my ankle held up under that beating, well - I think we can say it is healed. Or as healed as it's gonna get.
I have strengthened as a runner though. The run was an easy run that I felt fresh afterwards - my legs felt great.
Sunday was an easy run. To be honest, we were out Saturday night too and I was feeling terribly tired - so sleepy. I was up early, plus it was 'spring forward' time change and I'm just sleep deprived. I wore the Brooks for their second run - figured I'd go to High Park and run on the roads/paved paths - but as I was heading down the hill on Spring - water flowing - and I saw how slushy the ice was (and the trails have all been icy) I decided to run on the trails through the mud and ice-slush. And massive pools of water. It was awesome. I came home covered with mud splatter. And dirty, dirty shoes. The road shoes have been baptised. Ran up one hill on trail this time last year I thought was steep - now my reaction is that it is a bit of an incline. So that was pretty cool to realize that. Plus I was just thrilled at my pace, for trail period, let alone mud and slush covered trail with crappy footing. Yes, some path sections in there, but still. A great run. All the better because I started off feeling crappy and ended feeling strong and great.
Another reminder this week of how much stronger of a runner I am becoming.
I ran 6 days, with 5 core sessions and one lower body strength session on my rest day.
My strength is really improving - which is to say, my speed is. I had a couple of good sessions, including a great progression tempo run on Wednesday.
Monday's run was a strong run. I followed it up with a run with Neb on Tuesday, so a slower pace, but it set me up for Wednesday, and it was a great pace for Nebbers. He's improving, just in time for it to get hot and for his running to be absolutely destroyed. Humidity is not the friend of the Husky.
Wednesday is showing me that my top end speed has improved a hell of a lot, now it's just a matter of getting that speed consistent and holding it for longer runs.
Thursday was a trot - there's no other way of putting it. I felt terrible though - on the way home from work I was hit with terrible nausea. I managed to get some rice in me, watch 'Unbreakable' (the ultra running movie, not the other one), and then go for a run on my brand-spanking new road shoes I'd picked up at lunch that day - Brooks Ghost 5s.
They're comfortable. What can I say. They are shoes. It's not like trail shoes where you care about grip, not really. But they are comfy and that's what matters. Not too heavy.
Friday was a rest day, so I did lower body strength.
Saturday I was up eaaaaaaarly. I was out Friday night - my cousin was in town for reading week and we took her out for dinner - and Kelly had invited me to run with her and some folk on Saturday morning. We met at 7 am up in Palgrave so I got up at 5:40 am get out there - I'd packed up everything after work on Friday. It was forecasted to be about -3C on Saturday morning, but driving out there the car thermometer dropped to -6.5C.
I got there and a few other runners showed up - and who should be there but Marylou! I know her through Toby, so it was really cool to see her and get to run with her that day. She'd just gotten into Badwater, which is amazing. Kelly and I ran for 3 hours, everyone else ran for 8. One day, one day. We ran a mix of trail and country road. To be honest, the post-holing was so brutal at one point when the trail popped out onto road someone suggested sticking to road for a bit and it was a relief. I love running on trails, but running is the operative word. Running was very difficult. I didn't need my microspikes though, and if my ankle held up under that beating, well - I think we can say it is healed. Or as healed as it's gonna get.
I have strengthened as a runner though. The run was an easy run that I felt fresh afterwards - my legs felt great.
Sunday was an easy run. To be honest, we were out Saturday night too and I was feeling terribly tired - so sleepy. I was up early, plus it was 'spring forward' time change and I'm just sleep deprived. I wore the Brooks for their second run - figured I'd go to High Park and run on the roads/paved paths - but as I was heading down the hill on Spring - water flowing - and I saw how slushy the ice was (and the trails have all been icy) I decided to run on the trails through the mud and ice-slush. And massive pools of water. It was awesome. I came home covered with mud splatter. And dirty, dirty shoes. The road shoes have been baptised. Ran up one hill on trail this time last year I thought was steep - now my reaction is that it is a bit of an incline. So that was pretty cool to realize that. Plus I was just thrilled at my pace, for trail period, let alone mud and slush covered trail with crappy footing. Yes, some path sections in there, but still. A great run. All the better because I started off feeling crappy and ended feeling strong and great.
Another reminder this week of how much stronger of a runner I am becoming.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
February 25-March 3
My ankle was a factor this week, so I ended up not running as much as planned.
So that was frustrating. I had hoped for some more consistent running this week but I also wanted to make sure that the ankle is strong for Sulphur. It ached and ached Monday, so a run was out (it was supposed to be a rest day, but I was also supposed to do a long run on the weekend, so yeah).
Tuesday it was doing better, and I got a interval tempo in before the storm hit. It went really well, I was a lot faster than the planned speed and felt comfortable and in control the entire time. I just focused on form and turnover and the rest was easy. I was never running all out. Derrick commented that it 'was faster than planned' and I notice I'm supposed to stick to the plan this week coming up :)
Wednesday the conditions from the slush blizzard were still bad so I didn't run. Tuesday after the run definitely hurt the ankle, so I wanted to be careful.
Thursday I got a run in with Neb, just an easy run but it was good to get out.
I did strength/core work most days in one form or another. Friday morning I did some lower body in the morning, among others, and it really set the ankle off. Friday was a planned rest day but I was going to do a short run, but decided to (again!) bow out to make sure that my ankle was in good shape for Saturday's long run.
Originally I was supposed to race The Yeti 10k snowshoe race on Saturday, but between my ankle and missing my long run the weekend before, I decided not to. I'll be doing a 5 Peaks race this summer instead, they're letting me switch my registration which is awesome customer service - go 5 Peaks!
Saturday morning I slept in til 8:30, and woke up to Neb outside the bedroom lying there staring at me. I had 2.5hrs to do, and Mr. Hypoglycemic has never run that long - he's generally up to 40 minutes, but 30 minutes is a good length for him. Anyways, because I'm a sucker, I decided to take him for part of the run and see how long I could go for - I was running around the house on road so that I'd have stable footing anyways - so we ran nice and slooooow and he did 1:20, which for him is great. He could've gone longer but it was a logical place to end and I figured finish strong. I hadn't had breakfast, or taken any nutrition, so I dropped him off and grabbed some Infinit, took some and had the rest in a bottle with me for the road. Nice to get a better pace going, and both portions of the run had a nice variety of flat and hills, so I felt really positive coming out of the run, and the best part.....MY ANKLE FELT FINE! MORE OR LESS! That deserves all caps, awesome. My left hip (it's my left ankle too) got tight but it worked out as I ran and I'll have to roll it this week though my pathological hatred of rolling has me avoiding that.
Sunday my friend Steph came over and we went out for 30 minutes and then we made brunch. It was a fun run, we went to High Park and ran through the zoo (Neb was quite taken by the Musk Ox) and up Centre, so that's a nice little hill to get in. Neb stopped for a bathroom break halfway up the hill (sigh, at least there were garbage bins at the top) so I got to book it to catch up to Steph. Post-brunch I did a 40 minutes easy spin on the computrainer - great to stretch out the legs and the quads.
This upcoming week should be a good week - some solid running planned, and I am going to avoid lower body strength until at least later in the week to try to let the ankle heal some more. But I feel very positive going into the week. And at least even though in the week recapped I didn't get a cardio workout in every day, I did do something each day. So that's something positive.
So that was frustrating. I had hoped for some more consistent running this week but I also wanted to make sure that the ankle is strong for Sulphur. It ached and ached Monday, so a run was out (it was supposed to be a rest day, but I was also supposed to do a long run on the weekend, so yeah).
Tuesday it was doing better, and I got a interval tempo in before the storm hit. It went really well, I was a lot faster than the planned speed and felt comfortable and in control the entire time. I just focused on form and turnover and the rest was easy. I was never running all out. Derrick commented that it 'was faster than planned' and I notice I'm supposed to stick to the plan this week coming up :)
Wednesday the conditions from the slush blizzard were still bad so I didn't run. Tuesday after the run definitely hurt the ankle, so I wanted to be careful.
Thursday I got a run in with Neb, just an easy run but it was good to get out.
I did strength/core work most days in one form or another. Friday morning I did some lower body in the morning, among others, and it really set the ankle off. Friday was a planned rest day but I was going to do a short run, but decided to (again!) bow out to make sure that my ankle was in good shape for Saturday's long run.
Originally I was supposed to race The Yeti 10k snowshoe race on Saturday, but between my ankle and missing my long run the weekend before, I decided not to. I'll be doing a 5 Peaks race this summer instead, they're letting me switch my registration which is awesome customer service - go 5 Peaks!
Saturday morning I slept in til 8:30, and woke up to Neb outside the bedroom lying there staring at me. I had 2.5hrs to do, and Mr. Hypoglycemic has never run that long - he's generally up to 40 minutes, but 30 minutes is a good length for him. Anyways, because I'm a sucker, I decided to take him for part of the run and see how long I could go for - I was running around the house on road so that I'd have stable footing anyways - so we ran nice and slooooow and he did 1:20, which for him is great. He could've gone longer but it was a logical place to end and I figured finish strong. I hadn't had breakfast, or taken any nutrition, so I dropped him off and grabbed some Infinit, took some and had the rest in a bottle with me for the road. Nice to get a better pace going, and both portions of the run had a nice variety of flat and hills, so I felt really positive coming out of the run, and the best part.....MY ANKLE FELT FINE! MORE OR LESS! That deserves all caps, awesome. My left hip (it's my left ankle too) got tight but it worked out as I ran and I'll have to roll it this week though my pathological hatred of rolling has me avoiding that.
Sunday my friend Steph came over and we went out for 30 minutes and then we made brunch. It was a fun run, we went to High Park and ran through the zoo (Neb was quite taken by the Musk Ox) and up Centre, so that's a nice little hill to get in. Neb stopped for a bathroom break halfway up the hill (sigh, at least there were garbage bins at the top) so I got to book it to catch up to Steph. Post-brunch I did a 40 minutes easy spin on the computrainer - great to stretch out the legs and the quads.
This upcoming week should be a good week - some solid running planned, and I am going to avoid lower body strength until at least later in the week to try to let the ankle heal some more. But I feel very positive going into the week. And at least even though in the week recapped I didn't get a cardio workout in every day, I did do something each day. So that's something positive.
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