Training 11/18-24

 11/18- Felt better when I woke up today and opened with an 81.  Marginally slower after drinking a Red Bull (83) then MUCH WORSE after Endodren (1:44).  Actually, I interpret this as GOOD NEWS.  I no longer need stimulants to cope with the detox.  It remains to be seen if I will be better or worse tomorrow back on Thym Adren, which is what is suitable for my chemistry.  Eventually, I will need it again.  

PM- Half mile in the dark at Montreat in 5:49 (11:38 pace).  That's okay.  Consider this the starting point.  I should be a little better almost every day going forward.  Tomorrow will probably be rained out but I hope the effect of the Thym Adren will be clear one way or the other without a test.

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11/19- AM-Forced myself to go in the rain.  Opened with a 1:51 then improved to 1:46 on Thym Adren.  Helpful but not a game changer.  At least it didn't hurt me.  I am slow because of detox not unbalanced chemistry.  I went back up to 5 mg Melatonin but I don't think that was a factor.  Even if it was, if I can function, I want to get the toxins out as quickly as possible.

PM- Repeated the half mile on the same route.  Improved to 5:14 (10:28 pace).  Nice improvement.  Keep it up.

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11/20- Better than expected.  Full Mile at Montreat in 9:17.  Even pace without much of a push at the end.  Took all the pills before the run but I don't think I would have been much worse without them.  Demands #1 and 2 are met at least for now.  I've got a ways to go on #3.  Figure I am about a quarter of the way to a sub-60 10K

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11/21- Adrenal spike hit yesterday afternoon.  Not unexpected.  How long will it last?  In the past 2 weeks, I experienced a spike, stabilization, need for stimulants and now another spike.  What a life!

Opened with a 1:54 then improved to 1:43 on 2 Thym Adren.

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11/22- Better.  Full mile in 9:24 after a 1:38 start on no pills.  Comparable to 2 days ago but still feel overstimulated.  Good news:  Another former problem pill called Quercetin is now tolerated thanks to the Melatonin.  Unfortunately, I am afraid that there will be multiple rounds of detox.

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Weekend- BAD! May have discovered something however.

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