5/3- MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! 3 miles in 25:48 (8:36 pace). Splits were 8:45-8:35-8:28. This was done on Day 3 WITHOUT ANY PILLS AT ALL in spite of cheating a bit this weekend! Still, I could feel the seams holding me together beginning to come loose. Within 24-48 hours, it probably all comes unglued on this path. Thankfully, that won't happen because I'm taking the pills starting today.
Distance=3.0
REACTION:
This is a BIG VICTORY! Sure, the time is nothing to celebrate but as of today, I NO LONGER HAVE EXTREME DEPENDENCE ON ANY ONE PILL! That means if I take a long weekend and forget to pack one of my pills, I will NOT melt down before the end of the trip. I'm not quite on solid ground yet. I still have to maintain this for at least a month. There is still a chance that my formula could have to be altered. It could be a missing piece or a sudden negative reaction to one of my current key pills.
5/4- Planned rest day due to predicted bad weather.
5/5- Bad day. I hope that it was simply too much cheating. It was 3 consecutive days. 2 days to get through the CoQ10 collapse and the 3rd was to celebrate the successful pill free weekend. The 2nd day clean is usually the hardest. 4 miles in 38:36 (9:39 pace). Very poor performance but not quite a collapse. Trak Shak loop. Should be better tomorrow. If not, I'm afraid that there is a missing piece and this is not over. I'm only 10 days out from race day so it's too late to make any big changes.
Distance=4.0
5/6- 4 miles this time at Lakeshore. Improved to 34:32 (8:38 pace). MINUS 61 so that is a significant improvement. Perhaps all I need to do is limit the cheat days. 2 non-consecutive days per week ought to be manageable. Though the times were similar to last week, today had a different feel. I felt more over-stimulated whereas I was rather lethargic on CoQ10 before the collapse. Added a half mile cool.
Distance=4.5
5/7- 2.5 mile quickie on Lakeshore in the morning. Finished in 20:10 (8:04 pace). Just a hair short of my target but I'll take it. After a slow start, I rallied in the back half and posted a sub-8 in the last 1.5 miles. Still a bit overstimulated but this was noticeably better than yesterday.
Distance=2.5
5/8- FAIL! Came through 1 mile in just about 10 minutes then turned around. Had to walk/jog the back half. Sulfur was the culprit. A separate post is required.
Distance=2.0
5/9- Lakeshore 4 in 39:40 (9:55 pace). An improvement but I was hoping for better. Took 3 CBS/NOS pills and no MF. I did have a strong negative split (20:25-19:15), which is usually a sign of improvement. In the aftermath, the MF still triggered a bit of a reaction but it was not as severe as yesterday. Still not sure what to do about that on race morning but leaning towards not taking it. Extra CBS/NOS did NOT hurt me, which is a good thing.
PM- Encouraged that I did not collapse after taking MF, I went out to Veteran's Park for 2 more miles and clocked a surprising 17:06 (8:33 pace) with splits of 8:45-8:21. If I simply up the CBS/NOS and limit caffeine, I believe I'll be okay. I may also benefit from extra Probiotics, cutting out protein bars and cutting the Curcumin. The cocktail will remain manageable.
Distance=6.0
-22 miles on the week. YTD-315.
It's a hollow victory but I've managed to hit 20 almost every week.
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