Come Clean

Time to 'fess up. There are a few things that I have not mentioned in this blog, I think for fear of having to face up to them myself. My running/fitness has not really been al plain sailing lately.

The last three Saturdays after running I have not been well. Last week I was very hungry and thirsty when I got back so I had three drinks and a few snacks in a short period of time. A little while later I felt very sick and couldn't eat dinner (I think pretty much the same thing happened the week before). Then last night I was putting on the vegies for the roast when I started to feel faint. I called out to G to put them on and walked down the hallway to the bedroom and nearly fainted when everything started to shimmer. Luckily I know the feeling well and managed to lie down before-hand. I managed to eat a little dinner but felt wiped out for the rest of the night.

I spoke to me sister-in-law who is a GP yesterday afternoon (after my run) and decided to ask her about whether I should run as I had forgotten to ask my doctor on my last visit. She said that I should wait until my heart-rate is back to normal which should only be a couple of weeks. Otherwise I could risk a thyroid storm (this is not nice) and it's not good to put your heart under that much stress.

So, it's time to be sensible. I need to stop pushing myself. G seems to think that I can just walk the half when I get tired but I know there's no way that I want to walk it (it just seems pointless - what is the challenge?). I also know that I wouldn't beat last year's time for the 10k. Whereas if I run the 10k with J it will be fun and a good challenge for him. We will make a reasonable time based on the 6ks we ran the other week as it's a nice flat course and time doesn't really matter.

Or I can see what happens when the medication starts to take effect. The problem with this is that it will only leave about three weeks to train properly. I still have a few weeks to decide before I send the form in.

My big goal for this year was to run a half marathon. So, if I miss this one I will do another one...maybe Sydney in September. That sounds like a more sensible plan.