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June 1, 2006
Representing the B-Team and Other Interesting Life Tidbits
I'm getting ready to go play JV in this weekend's race. I'm outta my league going to a 1/2 mary, but at least I'm not going to race it. Hear that? I'm not racing it. I'm just going to go have some fun, run 13.1 miles, hang out with a friend I haven't seen in a while, and just enjoy the weekend. I'm not even taking a down week or tapering to this race, I'm just running steadily through.
I'm much more energetic this week than last week. Unbenownst to me until 2 days ago, I have been anemic in the last weeks. I have been anemic a few times in the past, then I wasn't for a while, and now I am again (At least the blood draw from 1 1/2 weeks ago said I was at that time.). I also used to take "liquid iron" for this condition. The result of a whole compex network of healthcare professional debating* is that I'm not going to be treated for this, rather I'm just going to up the iron levels in my body through a higher iron diet.
*Apparently, some studies have shown that immediate increased levels of iron in one's body (such as through iron injections, "liquid iron," and even over-the-counter iron supplements in tablet form) increase one's chances of having a heart attack or stroke. It's something about an immediate increase of iron constricting one's blood vessels quickly. A quasi-family secret (which shouldn't have been a secret, in my opinion) that was recently mainstreamed informed me that my dad had suffered a heart attack at age 27. Since that's my current age, my doctors submitted me to a whole gamut of tests, including the treadmill stress test (which deserves a blog entry of its own because the whole experience was so danged hilarious), and concluded that I have no sign of heart disease. Despite this, one specialist said I shouldn't do iron supplementation because of my family history of heart disease.
This week's workouts have been supa-stellar thus far. Monday was a day of running rest, with a road bike ride. I was chased home by a thunderstorm and made it home just before the downpour started. Tuesday was an 8 mile run easy too early in the morning for it to feel very good. In addition to this, I also went on a 15-16 mile hike (story to follow). Yesterday was 3 easy in the morning, 6 steady in the afternoon. Today (this afternoon) is 7-ish with 4 at desired half-marathon pace.
A friend and I hiked the Fairy Creek Trail in the Old Faithful area of Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday. It was an interesting experience in many ways. The scenery was fantastic, we saw such features as Mystic Falls, the Twin Buttes, Imperial Geyser, and Fairy Falls, which were all great. We had to traverse a few thigh deep snowfields, which made for interesting and slow progress. We saw very fresh grizzly tracks in the snow on the trail. We passed this spot on the trail at about 1 pm. The light snow layer in which griz had imprinted himself or herself had fallen sometime the night prior. So the tracks were less than 24 hours old. Which I consider fresh enough to make me look over my shoulder a time or two.
Posted by Meghan at June 1, 2006 11:39 AM
Comments
Enjoy your weekend...sounds fun...i am looking fwd to seeing you pull of this "not racing" thing. i struggle with that.
and oh yeah, i don't dig family medical secrets either. we have our own-and only half the family knows. it's a mess. but i guess there is always a flip side to sharing. it can be bad too. but it's not my choice to make regardless. the next generation up is in charge...
anyway, have a good one. enjoy!
Posted by: Audrey at June 2, 2006 8:58 PM