Training 3/16-3/22

 3/16- Woke up feeling awful but Thym Adren did help.  Waited until evening for the real workout.  It went about as expected.  Maybe not quite as bad as I feared.  1 Mile in 10:37 with even splits.  Added a short cool.

Distance-1.5

3/17- Adrenal spike hit hard last evening but fortunately, the worst of it passed overnight.  Did a half lap in 1:48 (10:48 pace) then improved to 3:06 for a full lap (9:18 pace) on the full dosage.  It didn't feel sustainable and a real workout would have been ugly.  That's it for today.  Temps will warm up starting tomorrow.

Distance-0.5

Caffeine Tolerance:  Probiotics definitely help with the sugar tolerance but the caffeine withdrawal is just as bad even with the Probiotics.  If I can't quit that stuff, it would actually be better if I had a daily habit.  Off and on will trigger painful withdrawal.  Again, I will try to stay off.  Alcohol appears to be tolerated but I want to limit that to special occasions.

3/18- AWFUL!  I was so bad today that I didn't even go into work.  It appears that the culprit was Vitamin C.  It the past, I needed it to tolerate a high dose of Thym Adren.  Not so now.  Since it stimulates adrenal activity, I suppose this does make sense.

Distance-0.5

3/19- Much better.  1.5 miles in 14:28 (9:39 pace) or RIGHT AT the Mendoza line.  I had some gas in the tank at the end.  Even pace (7:16-7:12).  

This evening and tomorrow morning will be critical.  I binged on caffeine yesterday out of frustration.  Today was caffeine free but not sugar free.  If I don't crash, I'll know that I can tolerate an occasional cheat day.  Just don't make a habit out of it.  Hopefully with the Probiotics, there will be no sugar withdrawal.

Distance-1.5

3/20- Repeated the 1.5 miles only because I slept in.  No collapse!  Improved to 14:02 (9:21 pace) with splits of 7:07-6:55.  I'll take it.

Distance-1.5

3/21- Just some strides in Nashville but felt surprisingly decent.

Distance-0.5

3/22- Improved from 85.9 to 78.6 on 2 additional pills.  That is significant but I don't want to take mega mega doses.  

Distance-1.0

7 miles