This post will touch on pooping, puking, and other gross things. But hey.. runners share tmi way too often and this is my running blog after all.. :)
For some unknown reason, I got really sick the other day. I'm not a sick person.. I rarely throw up (even when I was pregnant,I only did once... and it was because I over ate). And I'm not really a cold-getter either. Either way, I was on the verge of death. (ok, probably not) On my way home from work, I had to pull over to get sick, and when I got home at 6pm, I slept until the next morning at 7am when I wrote an email to work saying I'd be out that day. Then I slept some more. When I woke up from my 24 hour nap, I decided to "run it off". I felt really good during my run, I felt like my natural speed was returning. But I felt like I was severely overheating and as soon as I stopped running, I was knocking at death's door again. I felt ok to eat dinner and went to bed happy with a happy belly.. but woke up at 1:30 freaking out sick again. I almost passed out twice in the bathroom and made Ryan come help me. (you know it's love when you're laying on the bathroom floor in fetal position with your pants down crying, right?) I sucked it up and came to work today, but I skipped my run (dun dun dun...) My legs always get crampy if I skip a run, and I feel like such a slacker even though I still feel like I'll probably die before my work day is over.
I've continued running on my fractured foot, obviously. The bruising is gone almost completely and I don't feel any pain unless I push hard on the fracture (which is a bump on my skin). Soooo.. no regrets. What's the cool kids say these days?? YOLO??? hahah I'm kidding.
I haven't had any meat since October 28th, and very little animal products. I own dairy free cheese, butter & mayo and read labels like crazy to avoid milk & eggs. I've lost 10 pounds since Halloween! That's quite a number considering I wasn't "huge" to begin with! I feel so good. It started off with health reasons, then I've read too much & watched too many documentaries, and now I feel like this giant animal activist. haha. I haven't tortured the rest of my family too bad, but after watching a documentary with me, Ryan (my meat enthusiast boyfriend), was saying things like " I could give up meat... I know it's bad for you. I want to eat healthier, but I love cheese.. but yea.. let's eat better!" So yay! that's a start. I made vegan pizza yesterday for me, and they all had regular cheese and pepperoni on theirs.. but Isabel had vegan cheese and didn't even know the difference. After she finished 2 pieces, I told her and she said I was disgusting haha. The only negative thing I've noticed is with all the fiber intake from the extra veggies, I have a weird digestive schedule that I'm just not quite used to! But, I've learned to try new things, and my taste buds have expanded greatly and it's only been 3 1/2 weeks or so!
I've always been a night/early evening runner, but with schedules changing, I've kinda transitioned to an early morning before work runner. I have to say I like it for the most part. I used to hate it because I am stiff when I first wake up, but I get up early, take a packed bag to work, run in A2, then shower and get ready at work. (the bathroom here is nicer than my home bathroom.. haha) With the 40minute drive to work or so (even less when it's that early because there's no rush hour traffic yet), I'm not stiff when I get here. And I usually venture off to the trails by the UofM hospitals and it's always beautiful and peaceful. There's something about morning winter/fall air in your lungs that makes you feel a little better.
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