Quick update so you don't keep thinking that I've died
I’m alive and well. As well as could be hoped, I guess.
I’m alive and well. As well as could be hoped, I guess.
I’ve always been a huge fan of the Stillwater races. This Spring I had three of my athletes racing the Stillwater 1/2 marathon. Perhaps you saw Craig’s overall win photo? NBD, a 1:14 win (solo) in marathon-training mode! Last year I raced the Log Run 10 mile along with two other athletes. That 10 mile is…
Nate and I went out on Sunday for a run together. We decided to put a few hard miles into the middle of our run, up Flower Valley Road. If you happen to run all the way down that road, it ends up to be a 4.75 mile run back up it… ALL uphill… quite…
Time for another mileage/weekly recap! At the Mendota River Bottoms 5k. If you aren’t having fun, you’re doing it wrong! Week 31: 31.1 miles w/ 3 days off Week 31 started off with a terrible 10 miler. I had company for 8 of it, and I was so thankful. Ryan and I chatted away so…
Wow. I don’t know what about the last two weeks has made time FLY by… Is it because Nate’s working now? He started as a dentist in Faribault two weeks ago. He loves it, but the commute from our house in RW is pretty long. It makes for pretty late nights if he has long…
Our life just wasn’t the same without a dog around! We found Mesa on Craigslist (gotta love the site — we’ve furnished our entire home from there!) from a family who had bought her as a puppy, but had since had two boys and was moving to a home without a yard. Not a good…
Just a quick update – I headed to the U of MN to see Dr. Bond (could there BE a cooler name than that?) on Tuesday. Like so many of you suggested, I just explained where my head and heart were at. He started out by asking me about my symptoms, how I thought I…
Glad to hear things are looking up! I hope your workout goes well this weekend, but don't push it too hard! I know it's oh so tempting to jump right back into the groove of things but sometimes are bodies need more time… you know that of course. Your nieces are too cute!
I think your legs feeling "jerky" means your electrolytes are still abnormal. That's why you can't control your muscles as well. Take it easy, and please try the probiotics. I don't think they will hurt. I'm glad you're feeling better!
I did a race earlier this year and I had the flu but didn't know it when I started. I got myself totally dehydrated and electrolyte depleted. Made it to the hotel but fainted the next day at breakfast and ended up in hospital for 2 IVs and the the whole kit and kaboodle that they run you through when you faint. It was horrible and I hope to never do it again. But more to the point it took me almost exactly a week to recover to the point of feeling not wobbly. And then basically by the end of the next week I had some power back. I think it takes that long to heal and convince your body that you've got enough energy stores in your muscles to go strong again. Good luck recovering.
This is a bummer, Nichole, though I am glad to hear you are feeling good enough to run again. The jerky leg thing reminds a bit of what Flo from Girl in Motion went through a year or so ago. Check out her blog from that timeframe and see if anything resonates. Unfortunately, I'm not sure she ever found the cause even after spending a lot of time in the hospital. She did get a lot of different possible diagnoses which may be helpful. I see an earlier comment about probiotics. That makes me think of a book I just read by Mary Roach called Gulp. When she got to the colon, the last few chapters as it were, I recall the scientist she talked with saying that probiotics are all marketing and of little to no value for improving our gut flora. The bacteria that do the lion's share are in our colons which is an anaerobic environment. All orally administered probiotics are of course aerobic. The only effective way to get the "good bacteria" into the colon is through the other end (fecal transplant), which is actually wildly successful at treating people who lack the essential bacteria to process the contents in their colons. Gross, but, hey it works! Not saying you're going to go there, but you might at least pick up her book. You'll understand the human body a lot better in the end (no pun intended)!