I guess I run now

On the run today, my hands looked like big blobby balloons. It was actually kinda spooky. I even slowed my pace to see if I could get my rings off. Nope. This ever happen to anyone else? It’s actually going down now that the run is over, but I’m not sure the cause is running…the run just occurred at the right time for maximum swelling?

So I’ve had beets for one meal the last two days & I think beets were on my no-no list…although, the real culprit is probably the strawberries, which are bad for hypothyroid conditions. Also, the pretzels for snack last night had salt, so maybe I’m retaining the normal water for hypo & then more for salt?

Oh look, it’s old lady bigprof talking about her ailments again. How fun! Enough!

Good run today…hot as hell & on my way back I ducked into one of the buildings on campus to splash water on my face & hands, took one look at my face in the mirror & thought…Beets! So completely red that if I saw someone looking like me on the trail, I’d have called an ambulance on the spot. Had to laugh cause aside from being super hot, a little tired, and swollen up like crazy, I felt pretty good.

Did the first mile with the 2 quarter mile runs & then turned on the week 2 podcast. My second day in week 2 & it went pretty okay. Decided to run it all the way out before turning around cause…frankly, I was disappointed with myself for not running yesterday & for walking only 1/2 hour. So I was determined to do 2 hours today to make up for it. Let the tape take me way out on the trail…my motivation going out is always huge, so I like to take advantage of it & get as far away from my car as possible.

Breakfast: smoothie
Lunch: watermellon & two scrambled eggs with hot sauce & a bite sized piece of smoked cheddar
Dinner: fruit salad & smoked sausage w/ polenta leftovers (& I think the swelling was the heat, so I also had a small portion of) beets

Snack: tea

Exercise: 2 hour walk/run

Happy Day Chicks!