Monday, January 13, 2025

Training 1/13-1/19

 1/13- Opener is down to 2:40 (8:00 pace).  Cut off another 36 seconds per mile but I was pretty winded when I finished and didn't feel like another full lap would yield an accurate assessment. Did a half lap on NAC and Thym Adren in 71.1.  Figure that's worth a 2:30 give or take.  Helpful but not a game changer.  Very sore when I finished too.  

PM- Repeated the half lap on MF and improved to 58.6 (5:52 pace).  MINUS 75 due to MF alone plus about 30 from NAC and Thym Adren.  Figure that the gap is about 1:45 per mile from no pills to the stacked deck.  Felt pretty rough at work without the MF.  I will start taking it in divided doses and see how that works.

Distance-1.0

1/14- AM-Did a 68.8 opener on no pills (6:53 pace).  Not even NAC or Thym Adren. Probably at least 30 seconds per mile better than yesterday.  Soon, I will break 60 without pills.  Though it's a big step, I still have a long way to go.  A half lap is only a sixth of a mile or roughly 270 meters.  A good pace in a 5K or even 1 Mile is TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

  A bit sleepy at work.  Perhaps the divided Melatonin dosage was a problem.  I'll try a divided MF dosage but only take the Melatonin at night.  Will the MF remain effective?  We shall see.

PM- Much worse after the evening Melatonin dose.  I am fairly certain that I accidentally took a double dose this morning after a normal dose yesterday evening.  That explains it.  I should be better tomorrow.  Curious as to how I'd do on a day or 2 off the Melatonin.  I was okay in December but that was before I added the MF.  Did 1 untimed lap at junk pace.  

Distance-0.5

1/15- AM- 1.5 miles on Lakeshore in 15:52 (10:34 pace).  Very poor.  I hope I can chalk it up to excess Melatonin and I sure hope that I'm not becoming intolerant to it.  Only positive is that I was significantly better after popping 2 MF pills at the midway point.  Splits were 8:10-7:42.  That's probably all for today.

PM- Once again, a bad reaction to Melatonin and I only took 6 mg.  Very worried.  If I become intolerant to Melatonin, the sensitivity could be back with a VENGEANCE!

Distance-1.5

1/16- Unplanned rest day.  Still clearing out the Melatonin.  I will try to quit that stuff altogether and hope the sensitivity doesn't come back.  I don't think it was a Melatonin deficiency that caused these problems but rather toxic metals that Melatonin helped remove (hopefully).  I am still getting benefits from Thym Adren and NAC as well as Methyl Folate.

Even though it's unlikely that Fulvic Acid is the problem, I will lay off it for a few days just to see if the need for Melatonin kicks back in.  Also, am I completely intolerant to Melatonin or have I just taken too much and will tolerate occasional use?

1/17- Opener in 70.5 (7:03 pace).  Almost back to where I was before the problems with Melatonin.  

Took Thym Adren, NAC, MF plus 2 other formerly problematic pills.  Improved to 64.0 (6:24 pace) then added a cool.

Good news all around.  Sensitivity has not returned yet.  The gap in performance is down to 39 seconds.  That's significant but no longer in game changer territory.  Perhaps I can soon pass the test of no extreme dependency 

Distance-0.5

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