4/28- Planned rest day. Melatonin is officially BAD. Bad reaction after not taking it for almost a week. Probably it's just too much detox when combined with the more effective Malic Acid. Still, it makes me very ANGRY. This stuff looked like a miracle back in November but it goes down as yet another false hope.
4/29- Interval tests. 3x half lap at Montreat.
Opened with a poor 1:47. Got significantly worse on Malic Acid (1:54) but no "worser" on Vitamin C. Fractionally better at 1:53. I'll just wait until the Melatonin clears.
Distance-0.5
4/30-AM. Better with or without? 93 without Malic Acid and 85 with it plus a cool. Enough to be considered significant but not enough to be night and day. Yesterday, I was worse on Malic Acid. Today, I was better. How will I react tomorrow? Your guess is as good as mine. I expect to struggle mightily if I attempt a real workout this evening.
PM- 1.5 miles on Lakeshore in 17:32 (11:41 pace). Done without Malic Acid. Probably sub-11 with it but not by much. Clearly better WITH. Splits were 8:55-8:37. That suggests that better days are ahead.
Distance-2.0
5/1-AM. Repeated the 1.5 mile distance again on Lakeshore. Improved to 16:12 (10:48 pace). I took Malic Acid yesterday evening but not this morning. Pleased with the improvement. Another strong negative split (8:17-7:55). Could this be the start of real sustained improvement?
PM- Lap at Montreat in 2:59 (8:57 pace). Scoop of Malic Acid plus Vitamin C in 2:46 (8:18 pace) plus a 1 lap cool. About what I expected. A significant difference but not enough to be considered night and day. 39 seconds per mile is not a huge gap and that could close further.
Distance-2.5
5/2- 2.5 miles on Lakeshore in 25:10 (10:04 pace) with splits of 12:42-12:28. Very pleased. This pace would bring me home in a low-31 for 5K so I have a long way to go but I've shown steady improvement all week. Added a warm and cool
Distance-3.0
5/3- 3 miles at Heardmont in 28:15 (9:25 pace). Projects to a 29:26 for 5K so I'm comfortably under 30 with a level course. Continued steady improvement but the rate of improvement is starting to slow. The only downer was a positive split (13:59-14:16) and I didn't have much left at the end. Last lap was 2:13. Still pleased overall.
Got home and did a Thym Adren test. 94 without and was actually slightly worse with at 97. Thym Adren will be cut to 1 pill next week.
Distance-3.5
5/4- Tests. Opener in 77. Malic Acid plus C and 1 Thym Adren in 69. Zinc- in 70. Did not run on extra Thym Adren but expected to be a few ticks slower. Probably 73-74. That's it for today. Need a rest to clear my head as well.
Distance-0.5
Reaction: MUCH better than where I was 4 days ago with the 93-85 splits. The gap has remained around 45 seconds per mile give or take a few ticks. Not sure what to make of that. I'm not real pleased with how I feel overall. I'm still quite stiff and sore. Maybe I'm just not used to doing 3 miles regularly.
Nevertheless, I plan to stick with what I am doing as long as my times continue to improve. No radical changes. Cutting the Thym Adren down to 1 is probably the right call but I'm not trying anything new until further notice.
12 miles on the week.
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