Discovery:
I can handle candy, alcohol and now Gatorade and fruit juice but anything with sugar AND carbonation is going to be a HELL NO! Again, on a long drive, I kinda had to cheat on caffeine to make it home in one day. I made it 10 days clean so a small indiscretion should not hurt much, right? Just don't make a habit of it. I found that the ill-effects of lightly carbonated but highly caffeinated Red Bull and KickStart were noticeable but not severe. On the other hand, just one big sip of non-caffeinated but highly carbonated Sprite was a BIG NO NO! I must conclude that sugar is okay by itself, which is why Gatorade is tolerated. Carbonation is also okay by itself. I can handle alcoholic seltzers with no problem. Sugar with carbonation with or without caffeine? Poison.
Another interesting development is less dependence of Probiotics. Lately, 4 pills can give me a boost of about 30 seconds per mile give or take a few seconds. Yes, that's still enough to be considered significant but it is not a night and day difference and I bet that I can handle 3-5 days off without a collapse, just like all the other pills. That would be a big victory.
11/2- Day 5 clean and that's usually the day of the secondary collapse. It began yesterday afternoon when I required a long nap and never felt fully awake the rest of the day.
AM- 2 miles on Lakeshore in 24:02 (12:01 pace). 1st mile with no Probiotics was a 12:17. Normally, I expect big improvements after the key pill. I thought I'd be at least in the 9s. Not so this time. I got a small boost to an 11:45 (MINUS 32). Significant but hardly night and day.
PM- 1 mile on Montreat at lunch. Time is down to 10:38 on no additional treatment. Tomorrow is a big day. I expect to be a lot faster but if the gap remains small, the Probiotics have done the job. Either I need a new treatment (ugh) or I will continue to improve by avoiding the forbidden drinks. Let's hope so. I want to see a gap of no more than 60 seconds per mile tomorrow.
Distance=3.0
11/3-AM- Montreat intervals. Opened with a 3:07 and closed with a 2:55. That's a gap of just 36 seconds per mile with BOTH TRS and Probiotics. Very pleased to see that. It's still enough to be significant but I won't face debilitating weakness if I forget to take it. Added a cool. Next week, I want to see if I can make it 3 days without treatments.
PM- Repeated the 2 miles on Lakeshore and my time is down to 17:34 (8:47 pace) plus a cool. Just about where I expected to be at this stage (Day 6). Another interesting note was my splits of 9:02-8:32 and I did NOT take any treatments during the run. Perhaps the improvement in the morning has as much to do with getting warmed up as the treatments.
Distance=4.0
11/4- Head is kinda busy today but did surprisingly well. Only had time for 2 on Lakeshore. Hoped to do 3 or 4 but barely made it back in time as it was. Time is down to 15:24 (7:42 pace) and I'd almost certainly be under the Mendoza line for 3. Splits are evening up as well. I was 7:46 at the turnaround then finished with a 7:38. Day 7 clean and I did this without treatments. I'll go ahead and skip until Friday afternoon and hope I don't collapse. If I do, no big deal. I'll bounce back quickly and will not cheat.
Distance=2.0
11/5- Again, planned to do 3-4 this morning and had to settle for 2 due to a crash. Finished in 19:50 (9:55 pace) with splits of 8:55-10:55. Clearly evident from the beginning that I had lost a step but still felt reasonably well through 0.75 miles. Collapsed after that. No cause for alarm. This was not unexpected. I can make it 1 day without detox and probiotics but not 2. I did not cheat and expect to bounce back quickly. 8 days clean.
Distance=2.0
11/6-AM- Finally managed to do 3 on Lakeshore in 24:27 (8:09 pace). Nice bounce back from yesterday. I was 12:30 at the half and finished with an 11:57.
PM- Nice sunset run at Veteran's Park. 2 miles in 15:54 (7:57 pace). Probably translates to 15:34ish on Lakeshore. Even pace and felt comfortable all the way.
Distance=5.0
11/7- Hoped to run 6 miles today but had to settle for 1 in a time over 10 minutes. The culprit was alcohol. Apparently, I cannot handle it after early evidence showed that I could. I did drink 3 beers on Election night then 1 beer each of the next 3 days. I was okay last night but it was immediately apparent early in the morning today. Another What The ______!
Distance=1.0
11/8- Unplanned rest day.
-15 miles on the week
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