7/13- An improvement. Yesterday, it took me 4:10 to run a lap without pills. Today, my time was down to 3:32. As for the real workout, I managed 1.5 miles in 16:06 (10:44 pace). Negative split. 8:08-7:58.
Distance-2.0
7/14- Another very positive step. Opening lap in 3:10. Then 2.5 miles in 24:08 (9:39 pace). This is right at 30 minute pace for 5K and I bet I break it if I kept going. Can I get down to 27-ish in 2 weeks for Retro? Barring a relapse, I think so.
Distance-3.0
7/15- Progressing ahead of schedule. Opening lap in 2:51 without pills. Real workout was 2 miles in 17:48 (8:54 pace). This would bring me home in about 27:45 if I can maintain it for 5K. I've been off caffeine for 5 days. Cravings should diminish.
Distance-2.5
7/16- Setback. Never fails. Every time I feel like I'm getting close to 5K race shape, it's something like this. I said earlier that while caffeine is not tolerated, alcohol seems to be no problem. Wrong! I had 1 beer on Saturday, 3 on Sunday and 2 yesterday. Hardly a binge! I was noticeably worse after the 2 beers yesterday. I managed only a 1:34 half lap WITH Thym Adren. The only thing that helped was the Liver (1:27-1:22). Back to Day 1 tomorrow with no sugar or alcohol.
Distance-0.5
7/17- Opened with a 3:48 lap. Not much better on Thym Adren (3:43). Significantly better on Liver (3:20) but still not good.
PM- Montreat Mile in 10:13. In the afternoon, I did benefit from Thym Adren. I passed halfway in 5:21 but improved to 4:52 after popping the pill. Should be better tomorrow.
Distance-2.0
7/18- Opener in 3:26 (10:18 pace). Much better than yesterday's 3:48. Liver helped but it wasn't a game changer. Thym-Adren is.
Real workout was 1.5 miles in 15:31 (10:21 pace). I was hoping to do a little better than that but no need to panic. Day 2 is often worse than Day 1 especially when it comes to the adrenal spike. Pace was only 8 seconds slower and I increased the distance by 50 percent.
Distance-2.0
7/19- Opener was down to 3:12 (9:36 pace) while the real workout was 2 miles in 19:23 (9:41 pace). I'll take it. Significant improvement over yesterday. Long way to go.
Distance-2.5
7/20- Interesting findings today.
Opener is down to 2:55 (8:45 pace). Very pleased with that. Not as pleased with the real workout. It was 3 miles on North Lakeshore in 28:11 (9:24 pace). Better than yesterday over a longer distance but nearly 40 seconds slower pace than the opener. Even pace (14:04-14:07) despite the slope. Rain came down a bit harder on the back half but I don't think it affected me. This translates to roughly 29:15 for a full 5K. Long way to go.
Distance-3.5
7/21- Hated intervals. 4x half lap at Montreat plus a one lap cool.
Zero pills- 85 (8:30 pace)
2 pills- 70 (7:00 pace)
4 pills- 67.5 (6:45 pace)
5 pills- 77.0 (7:42 pace).
As I began to suspect yesterday, the adrenal spike is beginning to go down. Yesterday's workout would have been better on a lower dose. The optimal dose was probably 3 pills and my time would have been close to 60.
It is still quite disturbing that the gaps in performance remain significant. The difference between zero pills and 2 pills is 90 seconds per mile. If I had attempted this on 6 pills, I am likely WORSE than the opener. I almost certainly would have been worse than yesterday in a real workout.
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