Training 3/3-3/9

It seems like my adrenal support will stabilize at 3 Thym Adren.  I will probably be okay on either 2 pills or 4 but can't deviate further.  I can live with that and will confirm this finding later in the week.

 3/3- 2 miles on Lakeshore in 18:59 (9:30 pace). Much better than last time.  I did the same thing as last time.  Passed the Mile mark in 9:46 then improved to 9:13 on extra B12.  Significant improvement but not a game changer.  No real effort to kick.  Just so happened that I was just below 19.

Distance-2.0

3/4- Repeated yesterday this time in the morning.  Slipped to 19:52 (9:56 pace).  Step backward but no panic.  Passed the Mile mark slightly ahead of yesterday at 9:38.  This time extra B12 was a negative as the back half was only a 10:14. 

 I confess to a small transgression last night (Mountain Dew).  That's probably why I went backwards.  I bet I can handle a beer or Coke on the weekends.  Just don't make a habit of it.  Both alcohol and caffeine inhibit B12 absorption.  I've had no issues with other pills.

Distance-2.0

3/5- Half mile in a time over 6 minutes.  Probably caffeine withdrawal.  B12 didn't do anything either way.  Extra Thym Adren helped during the adrenal spike, which should go down soon.  Air pressure was very low after the storm last night, which probably didn't help either.

Distance-0.5

3/6- Adrenal spike only lasted a few hours and I overshot on the Thym Adren.  Should be back to equilibrium by tomorrow.  Today was not bad.  1.5 on Lakeshore in 14:08 (9:25 pace).  Splits were 7:08-7:00.  Didn't take B12 during the run but it didn't seem to make much difference this morning.  3 days clean.

Distance-1.5

3/7- North Lakeshore 3 mile in 28:31 (9:30 pace).  It wasn't pretty but I finished the distance with relative ease.  Very well paced (14:17-14:14) but I still felt sluggish.  This is presumed equilibrium at 3 pills but the dose may be cut further.  This is barely under 30 for 5K.  I want my daily run to be 3 miles going forward.  No more 1-2 mile junk runs.

Distance- 3.0

Edit: Noticeably worse after a 4th Thym Adren pill.  I'm cutting it to 2.  Got a nice little boost from caffeine today.  Do NOT make a habit of it.

3/8- Interval tests as planned but it was to determine if I need Thym Adren at all.  At least for today, the answer is NO.  

Opener in 88.  2 Thym Adren in 93.  That's significantly worse.  Unfortunately, in my weakened condition, a junk run was all that I could do.  1.5 mile on Lakeshore in 16:23 (10:55 pace) with splits of 8:04-8:19.  UGLY!  I expect to struggle tomorrow as well but I should be able to go longer.

Distance- 2.0