Training 6/11-6/17

6/11- VERY interesting yet again.  Regarding the options from last week, #1 and #5 are clearly winners and could potentially be game changers.  #2 may be helpful.  #3,4 probably won't make much difference and will not give me the long-term answer.  Opened with a 7:41 mile and likely would have been comparable to yesterday's morning session over 3 miles.  This was done on 2.5 scoops yesterday plus DMG so it was encouraging to see an improvement from the 9:17 on Wisteria yesterday evening.  Figure it was probably the equivalent of 3 scoops but WITHOUT TMG.

Took a TMG like usual and the reaction was immediately negative.  I knew it before I started but stuck it out and finished in 8:52,  Cheated on caffeine to confirm that it would make it worse.  It did.  Did not even attempt an evening session.
Distance=2.0

Reaction:
More to come in a separate post but TMG stands for Trimethyl glycine.  It resolved the sensitivity to MF as well as a few other things but not the Whole Food C.  Only the Sarcosine resolved that.  Sarcosine is mono-methyl glycine.  I don't fully understand the difference but do know that Sarcosine is MUCH more effective is solving the sensitivity.  The only problem is that I am sensitive to Sarcosine.  I thought that perhaps cutting out the TMG (Tri-Methyl) would increase the tolerance to Sarcosine (Mono-Methyl).  Looks like I may be right.

Regarding the other options, if I take the C at night, yes some of it will clear by the morning and I'll do a little better than if I take in in the morning but I should NOT have any kind of reaction to it.  Again, this is a supposedly healthy WHOLE FOOD C, which I need to balance Copper and Iron.  I'm not satisfied with minimizing a reaction.  I will NOT TOLERATE ANY REACTION!   I know 1 scoop of Sarcosine (Mono-methyl glycine) isn't enough and I'm not sure that 1.5 will be enough either.  I bet that I need 2.  Cutting out Tri-methyl glycine appears to allow me to tolerate the 2 that I need.  That could be the FINAL VICTORY!  As for the DMG, as y'all may have guessed, it stands for Di-Methyl glycine.  Will it be as effective as Sarcosine?  Can it be taken with Sarcosine?  We shall see.  I want to try this option but if it fails, Sarcosine WITHOUT TMG shows promise.

6/12- Unplanned rest day.  DMG is NOT the answer but I'm okay with that.  Did not take any form of methylated glycine last night (no Sarcosine, DMG or TMG) and woke up feeling like crap.  As expected, the Whole Food C made things worse.  DMG alone made it only marginally better.  Adding Sarcosine may have actually made it worse.  I know that TMG+ Sarcosine is a NEGATIVE.  It appears that the same is true for the DMG+ Sarcosine.

It's got to be Sarcosine MINUS TMG MINUS DMG.  In short, it's Sarcosine or BUST and I truly believe that one way or the other, I will get a resolution by the end of the month.
Distance=0

6/13- Overdose yesterday on Sarcosine and paid the price today.  That's okay.  1 mile in 8:49 then confirmed that caffeine is still bad when off TMG. Treated the next mile as a cool down.   Detox starts tomorrow.  The worst of it should hit on Friday evening with the way I've timed it.
Distance=2.0

6/14- Day 1 on the detox.  HARD mode with NO sugar and NO caffeine.  Struggled as expected in the morning.  2 miles in 19:48 (9:54 pace).  Fairly even splits.

PM- Began feeling noticeably better as the day progressed.  3 miles at Gold's today and my time was down to 25:54 (8:38 pace)  MINUS 76 with an extra mile.  Very encouraging rate of improvement.  The goal is to be consistently below 20:15 for this distance, which is the equivalent of a 21-flat 5K.  I need to improve the pace by 1:53/mile to achieve that.  If that sounds insurmountable, I hacked off 1:16 per mile in just 10 hours.  Sure wish it was this easy to improve on a 7:30 pace.  I'm going with this plan for better or worse!  Traditionally, Day 2 is the hardest of the detox.  Perhaps it won't be so bad this time because I was only on the stuff for 4 days.
Distance=5.0

6/15- Day 2 is often worse than Day 1 but I got through it unscathed.  In fact, I actually improved upon yesterday's performance.  3 miles in 24:25 (8:08 pace).  MINUS 30.  Before today, I was 1:53 per mile short of the target.  I am now within 83 seconds.  Splits were 8:10-8:16-7:59
Distance=3.0

6/16- Slipped up today but that's okay.  Just get back on track tomorrow.  BTC run.  My route was basically the reverse Trak Shak 5 with a couple of different side streets.  Finished in 41:21 (8:16 pace).  In terms of pace, it was PLUS 8 versus yesterday but I still say it was an improvement because it was 2 extra miles in tough conditions.  Temps were in the low-mid 70s with sunny skies and nearly 100% humidity.  That's going to be the norm for the next 9-10 weeks but now is perhaps the worst because of the early sunrise and I'm just not used to it yet.  Even at this pace, I was among the leaders at the BTC group.  If I get faster, I need to find people who match my pace.
Distance=5.0
News:
I suspect that glycine has been suppressing my adrenaline production, which certainly slows me down.  Tyrosine can fix that.  Again, stability for speed is a trade that I am more than willing to make but I may not have to do it.  We shall see.  Extra taurine+ phosphoserine made me more sluggish and sleepy, which is why I cheated today.  I may take a step backward tomorrow but that's okay.

6/17- Paid the price for yesterday but got some good news.  It was a junk run at Vestavia and the hated better with or without test.  Opened with an 8:54 and it took a 4th quarter rally to get under 9.  Then I popped a Tyrosine + C hoping to see significant improvement.  I was expected to see 8:30ish but surprised myself with a 7:50 (MINUS 64).  That's YUGE!  I bet the glycine was indeed suppressing adrenaline.  Now, I see a real chance at becoming competitive again IF I can stay clean on the diet.  NO SUGARED DRINKS AND NO ALCOHOL!
Distance=2.0

-19 miles on the week