Thursday's workout was probably my best since the candida dump in late July. It was 1 Mile in 8:32 with a strong negative split (4:23-4:09). Surely, I could have broken 8:30 with a faster start and felt like I could have sustained that pace for a few more laps. I hoped to build on that on Friday. Nope.
Shooting for 2 miles, I settled for 1.5 in 14:53 (9:55 pace). Though the splits were fairly even (7:22-7:31), it took a push in the homestretch to shore up a sub-10 pace overall when I expected a sub-9. I had absolutely nothing left after I finished and slow jogged a cool down that might as well have been a walk.
The culprit this time was the Lemonade that I drank with dinner the previous night! A bad reaction to a Red Bull or even a Coke is understandable. NOT a non-caffeinated and non-carbonated drink. I confirmed it later that morning. A Snapple drink made it MUCH WORSE! The extreme sugar intolerance is back.
In the past, Glycine took care of the sugar intolerance so I tried it again. I felt no better after the Glycine but no worse either. By Saturday afternoon, I began to feel a little better and hoped to salvage a workout on Sunday. I figured that the excess sugar was clearing my system.
Sunday was the worst day of all. I lasted less than 1 minute before I called it quits and my pace had already slipped to the 10-12 minute range. This time the culprit was Serine. Apparently, combined with Glycine, it was too much of an adrenal suppressant. The Serine had been a non-factor before and I planned to finish the bottle and be done with it. I pitched it today.
Any good news? Yes. Intolerance to sugar appears to be gone. Yes, I need to limit sugar but it's almost impossible to avoid it completely. The Glycine may have finally stopped the adrenal spike. An extra Thym Adren pill made things worse. I may be able to cut that dose from 6 pills down to 2-3. Unfortunately, the next 2 days are going to SUCK!
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