The good: I coached temve to another PR yesterday in our first 10K of 2012. And yes, I'm telling that one everywhere, I'm really proud of her and of myself :-)
The bad: After looking over blood tests from 2 weeks ago declared me to be iron deficient (anemic) and scheduled me for 2 iron injections and basically tried to tell me that racing this season is out. I got that changed to a "we'll see" after next month's blood tests.
The ugly: That 10k that temve did so well in? Which was yesterday, the day after the first iron infusion...of course I ran it as well...but not as well as temve. It's a bit depressing to turn in times that are 2 minutes off my 10k best when that 10k is the last part of a tri...
I have a theory...since moving to Germany, my breakfast muesli is no longer fortified as it was in the US, but the doctor hasn't said yet if she thinks it's diet or related to the other health issue I was originally seeing her about. My bet is on the diet changes since moving
We don't know each other, so I don't want to come off all wanky, but unless your non-müsli diet is extremely lacking, I'd think there'd have to be other underlying causes, otherwise the rest of us Europeans should be anemic, too.
Either way, hope they figure it out asap, and it's something easily helped!
That logic would be true, only if all Europeans eat asI eat otherwise...
I do have some possible other mitigating factors that might be interfering with absorption, but none of those have changed recently. The very biggest change since moving here has really been my diet, including the cereal thing and the fact that I don't ever eat much in the way of red meat and probably eat even less now, so that combined with my pre existing issues is more likely than some new exotic ailment on top of the usual ones...
Pre-existing issues would be what I meant, too - i.e. if you never had any problems before, a new müsli shouldn't be able to cause anemia all on it's own, is what I mean. Anyways, here's to injections working and things being cleared up, and you back to running soon :)
I got in two fabulous runs while visiting Boston, along the river, but then came down with a horrible, rotten, no-good cold and haven't run in almost two weeks. Arrrgh!!! Today I'm lifting weights, though, and tomorrow I'll give running a shot--hopefully it'll be easy to get going again. I'm just glad I didn't sign up for the 5K on 5/13 I was thinking about--breathing would have been problematic.
I usually run a loop around my neighborhood, which is about 1.5 mi. I want to increase my distance though, and while I don't mind doing a double-loop, I'm up for a change of scenery. Any recommendations for websites that can help w/ route-planning?
Also, I'm trying to decide if I want to do a 5K this summer (I did one last summer) or train for a longer distance run.
I've had foot problems and house-moving problems and medication problems and now that the dust has (hopefully) settled I just need to start running again. I think it's gotten to the point where it's going to be awful for the first couple of days, but I am itching to go.
The Ugly-Bad: I have not been running. I have not been exercising. I am in really crummy shape compared to even last Winter Holiday Season (Northern Hemisphere Edition).
It's taken me until this week (after my half) to get back up to any kind of half-decent (for me) weekly milage - the last 4 weeks, I've run less than 10K per week; this week I've run 16K so far, and plan to go for a short run tomorrow or Sunday.
So I'm hoping I'm getting back on track: ran a 7.5K race the other day in absolutely abysmal time - I PR'd by 20 secs, but my last PR was slow, and I thought I'd be faster, what with the HM training. Apparently not.
I have a 10K coming up, and maybe a charity 5K, and considering running a HM in June, and forcing myself to do it in intervals to see if it may be a better way of running a half, since I'm not going to train properly for it :)
It's not really busy - I uses races as a way to get out to run/instead of training with a running club. I don't train for these things anywhere near as hard as other people do/some people would have you think you should :)
Well, me and my running partner are still struggling on despite being chronically ill. (I have gallstones, and she has ulcerative colitis.) We're walking/running the Race for Life in July, after which I have my surgery and should hopefully get back to being able to run more than five minutes...
Good luck with it. I had gallstones some years back, horribly painful, so I know what you're going through. It did take a while to bounce back from the surgery, but just take it slowly and you should be fine!
Running is going well for me! I will be running a half marathon three weeks from tomorrow which I love - it will be my third time on this course, but I have been injured the last two years and so not run it for two years (worked as a volunteer instead), so it will be interesting to see how things go. It's a hilly course with an uphill finish so I'm not expecting a PR, but I am hoping to do better than my second-best half finish.
:( Wish I were running. Several months ago, I was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome and hypothyroidism after it felt like my body had ground to a halt. I wish I could run, but I can't because of pretty severe weight gain; running is too much stress on my knees.
So unfortunately, I'm relegated to the elliptical machine until doc and I find a cocktail of medicines that do the trick and get my body working again and I shed a few (...dozen). :|
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The bad: After looking over blood tests from 2 weeks ago declared me to be iron deficient (anemic) and scheduled me for 2 iron injections and basically tried to tell me that racing this season is out. I got that changed to a "we'll see" after next month's blood tests.
The ugly: That 10k that temve did so well in? Which was yesterday, the day after the first iron infusion...of course I ran it as well...but not as well as temve. It's a bit depressing to turn in times that are 2 minutes off my 10k best when that 10k is the last part of a tri...
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Either way, hope they figure it out asap, and it's something easily helped!
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I do have some possible other mitigating factors that might be interfering with absorption, but none of those have changed recently. The very biggest change since moving here has really been my diet, including the cereal thing and the fact that I don't ever eat much in the way of red meat and probably eat even less now, so that combined with my pre existing issues is more likely than some new exotic ailment on top of the usual ones...
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5-mile race June 24--we'll see how that goes.
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Also, I'm trying to decide if I want to do a 5K this summer (I did one last summer) or train for a longer distance run.
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You can certainly do both a 5K and a longer distance race! If you run more and train for a longer race, your 5K time will improve.
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This must change. I resolve to make this change.
That is all.
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So I'm hoping I'm getting back on track: ran a 7.5K race the other day in absolutely abysmal time - I PR'd by 20 secs, but my last PR was slow, and I thought I'd be faster, what with the HM training. Apparently not.
I have a 10K coming up, and maybe a charity 5K, and considering running a HM in June, and forcing myself to do it in intervals to see if it may be a better way of running a half, since I'm not going to train properly for it :)
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Btw, we enjoy reading race reports, if you didn't know, *nudge* :)
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So unfortunately, I'm relegated to the elliptical machine until doc and I find a cocktail of medicines that do the trick and get my body working again and I shed a few (...dozen). :|