Oh my God. If you have more oxygen moving around your body, you can run further. This may seem elementary to you, and it is elementary to me. But sometimes it just needs proving. My body was like a busy Dim Sum restaurant’s conveyor belt – a bunch of empty plates and little food.
I told you about my iron issue a week or so ago. And for over a week now I have taken 54 mg of iron* with Vitamin C and B12 a day in addition to my usual diet. I hit the track today awaiting my old friend “the stitch” to return about the 1.0 km mark like it usually does. Nope. Not at 1.2. Not at 1.4. A twinge at 1.6. And back again at 1.8. Hmmmm. This is strange. Have I done anything different? No, less sleep than I should have. Less breakfast than I should have. So, I was not set-up for a good run. Yet, for the first time since the Chocolate Race, I was able to run 1.8 km without stopping. I tried the same thing today and found the same result – 2.0 km without stopping. And a little stitch at that point, but nothing too bothersome.
It’s a Miracle! I’m cured! Now if my stupid calves/shins would stop complaining all the time we’d be in business.
May 8th, 2012 Extra-Ordinary: Being able to start to the push to build my endurance to 5 km. Hooray! . . . . . . . . Wait, if I am cured, I have no excuse to stop running. Dammit.
*I will be dropping my intake once I get my levels to normal.
Maintenance May Day 8:
Visited the Trinity United Church to watch a movie about Dr. Burzynski and his fight for his seemingly effective cancer treatment to be accepted by the general medical community. Definitely one side documentary. Definitely where you hang out on Tuesday nights in Huntsville if you are a bit crazy. Definitely one of those nights where you wish your youthful good looks didn’t stand out so much in the blue hair forest. Definitely made us talk on the drive home. Definitely going to the next movie next Tuesday night – after all the crazies are the most fun. (knowledge)
Completed a personality test as a pre-screen for an interview. Hopefully, I have a personality. (career)
The Daily EO 
Don’t go reducing those iron tablets too soon – they take a little while to really kick in. Then think what you could achieve!
Well, they seem to be helping. I am going to go back to get another iron blood test in a couple of weeks, and hopefully we’ll find my iron back where it should be. I might be able to run a whole 5K without stopping. Imagine!
I hope it works out for you 🙂
Me too. I admired your knitting and crocheting on your site. My grandma has taught me to knit many times and gives up in frustration each time. She says when she needs someone to knit pennants, she’ll let me know. Plus I pull the yarn so tight over the needles, I am strangling them. I think it best I try my hand at our pursuits! 🙂
Thank you. Maybe you just need more practice?