Had the MRI today. It took a surprisingly long time! After changing into lovely hospital garb and ridding myself of all metal objects (jewelry, hair clip, watch, etc.) they took me in to the room w/the machine and immobilized my head. They gave me an IV because they had to inject a contrast agent partway through the test. They did a whole bunch of scans, and the machine made an amazing array of noises as it went through its routine. It took about 45 min in the machine, during which time I plotted my workout strategy at the track, and got a little sleep, believe it or not! It was pretty confining in there, but as I have no problems w/claustrophobia, I didn't mind too much.
Should find out the results in a few weeks when I go see Dr. G again. Hopefully it was totally normal, as we expect.
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Workout - went to the indoor track because it was pouring rain (cold rain, turning to snow) and I just wasn't in the mood to deal w/the bad weather. I was going to do 10 miles at an 11:15 per mile pace (1:30 per 211m lap), but I felt pretty crappy after 8 miles, so I quit. Got home and felt really abnormally tired. I wonder if I'm getting sick again? The kids bring home an inordinate number of cold viruses during the winter. Really frustrating, as my half marathon is in 8 weeks, and I have still not gotten in any 10+ mile workouts. Hopefully next week I will be able to do it. At least I was smart and quit when I started to feel crappy.
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Unsolicited advice from the peanut gallery: I've been told that there is something called "total life stress" which is a combination of the stresses of your non-athletic life plus the stress you put on yourself with training.
When that index gets too high, it needs to be reduced, even if it means backing off of training in some way (e. g., lower intensity?)
I went through this as a runner in late 2001; I was training for the San Diego Marathon and caught the flu late fall.
I kept trying to return to training too soon and kept relapsing; hence that flu stayed with me for SIX WEEKS.
I finally got rid of it by going no training at all for 1 week, and super-duper easy "30 minutes easy" training for another week.
I showed up for the marathon somewhat undertrained, but got through it ok (3:57...which sucks for a runner but it was ok)
Thanks, Ollie. I don't feel really stressed out, but I have been pretty busy. There have been a LOT of nasty bugs going around here - everyone I know has been sick at least twice! If I don't feel totally normal at the end of this week I will take your advice and back off a lot. I would like to have a great race, but that's only going to happen if I feel good.
That's smart to quit early if you are feeling crappy. I know that if I work out when I'm sick, I don't do well. I remember learning in med school that after a typical viral upper respiratory infection it can take several weeks for the epithelial tissue/function to get back to normal, during which time you can have reactive airway disease even if you feel totally recovered otherwise. I'm sure this is the case with me. I haven't worked out for a week and I'm missing it. Take it easy, and I hope you recover faster than I do!
Brain MRI will be interesting. You can request a copy on CD for your own personal use, which I recommend. I got one as part of a research protocol as a med student. It's fun to look at. I'll be interested to hear your results.
Hi Tammy! Thanks for popping into my blog, it's fun, isn't it? I'm kind of addicted. I hope the MRI comes out ok, I'll be checking in on you!!!
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