Day 12, 353 To Go

January 12, 2013

I woke up today with a hangover.  Problem is, I didn't drink last night.

What?

Yeah, not a drop of alcohol, but this morning I had all the normal symptoms of a hangover.  I had a headache, I was dizzy, I was dehydrated, I was nauseous, I felt weak and I wanted nothing more than to just stay in bed for the rest of the day.

Babies don't care if you have a hangover.  And since Honey is already supposed to stay in bed, it was up to me to get up with them.  So I did...then once they went for a nap, I went back to bed.  When Honey woke up, apparently, she had a hangover too!  What the hell happened?  Well, her symptoms were similar to mine, except a bit worse.  You see, I rarely throw up.  No matter how sick I am, my body stubbornly hangs on to any food I have ingested.  This makes bouts of food poisoning that much worse for me.  Not for Honey though. She throws up at the mere mention of nausea.

Ahh....food poisoning.  Could it be?  What did I eat last night (the question is, what DIDN'T I eat!)  Well, here is the list of things I remember eating last night (I am really failing at this diet lately):

1. Chinese food (or as I like to call it, tasty MSG treats)
• Beef and Broccoli
• General Tso's Chicken
• Orange Chicken
• Spare Ribs
• White Rice
• Shrimp Fried Rice
2. Two Grape ice pops (all natural Edy's...so they are good for me, right!)
3. Nilla cookies
4. Peanut Butter M&Ms
5. Ruffles potato chips
6. About 6 or 8 pieces of chocolate from a mixed box from Belgium (run Forest run!!)

That's it.

Any more days like this and I'll be on the receiving end of Jillian's tirades on the Biggest Loser (very inspiring show, by the way).

However, the only thing Honey shared with me was the Beef and Broccoli and the Shrimp Fried Rice.  So, my guess it was one of those.  I think perhaps I didn't get as sick as her because I ate so much food and it was diluted, plus, I have a fairly strong constitution when it comes to sickness.

We spent most of the day lounging around doing nothing (what else is a Saturday for, anyway).  When it was time for my Honeyless run, I got up and just put my shoes on.  I was still a bit sick and I was sweating even before I took my first steps.  I ran a bit of a jagged course since I couldn't run too straight, but after a few minutes, I started to feel pretty good.

I didn't look at my watch at all except to note when the time hit 7:30 so I could turn around and when it hit 15:00 so I could stop.  I didn't care about pace.  I just wanted to get through it.  What was odd is that my legs felt great, if not fast.  Running is odd like that sometimes.  Everything can go right and you may run like crap and everything can go wrong and you may run great. 

Our bodies are complex and the only way you will ever figure it out is if you take lots of notes, so it is always a good idea to keep a running log.  You can track what you ate, how you felt, what the weather was, if you were sick, how far you ran, your pace, etc.  If you do this for a long time, you will start to see patterns that you can use to improve your training, your nutrition and anything else that gets in the way.  A blog, perhaps, is a worthy substitute for a training log, although it is not the best format for analysis later on.

Anyway, here are my numbers:

Time: 15:00

Distance: 1.49 miles

Pace: 10:02/m

Max Pace: 8:03/m

Calories: 194

Avg HR: 121

Max HR: 136

The weather was great and my legs felt fresh so I wanted to run longer, but I am thinking long term, so I packed it in and came home.  Tomorrow, I will stretch it out a bit. 

Before I go, I want to mark an important event that happened yesterday.  Joshua, the youngest of the triplets (only by 2 minutes, but I'm sure his sisters will not let him forget it) took his first steps!  He was very excited and proud of himself as were Honey and I.  He took his first steps towards a lifetime of running, perhaps?  One can only hope.

So Joshua,

Run for life!!