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Riding out this pandemic this is similar to when my mom was on hospice.

You really wish it wasn’t like this.

You just want to it be back to normal.

It feels like life will be this way forever.

But there will be an end to it all.

We’re resilient. We’ll make it.

It sucks bigtime. But we will get there and when we do we will look back and think that wasn’t as bad as it seemed in the moment.

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Today has been a good day so far. I’ve had quite a few of those the past three weeks or so. I have struggled for so long getting into a regular exercise routine, and it really bothered me. Several years ago I ran a marathon, and was fit, and it felt great. But after that I ran into one health problem after another and I was never able to maintain a regular exercise schedule. For the past couple years one of my biggest obstacles was always feeling tired. I kept thinking “If I can just eat healthy, get regular sleep, and exercise, I will feel better. I just have to power through and the good feelings will come.” But they never did, and I was honestly disappointed in myself. I did it once, why couldn’t I do it again?

Well, a few weeks ago I had an annual physical with my doctor, everything was good, and they took some blood and ran some more extensive tests than they usually do. (One thing worth noting, I am so used to feeling tired that I didn’t even think to mention it to him, it’s just been my normal.) But when I got the test results, one thing stood out, my hemoglobin and blood platelets were just below the normal range. When you look this up site’s say things like “No action necessary unless the patient is feeling negative effects.” But to me, this was an eye opener! I have never been told that I have low blood iron! I started taking an iron supplement, and a couple other things my doctor advised, and after about a week it was a night and day difference!

Before, I could sleep 9, 10, even 12 hours, and when I got up I felt pretty good, but after a couple hours I lost that feeling and was fatigued again. Now I may have a short night’s sleep, as little as 5 hours, and I feel better all day long than I did on my best day before starting the iron supplement. I still try for 7 to 8 hours of sleep every night, but it’s so good to feel good even on those days I don’t quite make it.

Now I’m running regularly and enjoying it like i used to. It’s slow building my fitness back, but today I even went for a 3 mile 7am run before work and ran almost the entire distance. It won’t be long until I’m running all 3 miles, and then working up to my base 6 mile distance that I enjoy so much.

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Just had my first real run in a month, it was so much better than I was afraid it would be. I alternated running quarter miles with walking, so it wasn't a continuous run, but I was able to keep up the running much better than I thought I would. I'm hoping the weather and my health cooperate enough for me to get back to regular 10k running by Summer. But either way, this felt so good, I really needed it.

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That's awesome, you can do this!

Today’s workout was called “Move your ass five miles” and I did just that! Five miles according to the treadmill, not my Fitbit 🙄

My goal for the half marathon in May is to average a 15 min mile, and it’s definitely doable. I just have to....do this...twice...plus a little bit more....shit 😬😬😬

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I posted the above posts a week ago Saturday, and honestly, it was a horrible run and I was really puzzled why. Up until then running was going really well, but that day I had no energy and after struggling for a mile I dropped down to walking another two and that was all I could manage. It wasn’t until late the next day that I understood why, I was getting sick. It was just a bad cold, sore throat, minor fever, tiredness, etc., but it really knocked me out and I haven’t been able to do any kind of exercise this entire time, I’ve just been too tired. Today I’m finally starting to feel like I’m getting some energy back so I’m hoping this weekend I can do some long walks, and maybe even try a run.

I really want to go run but I don't want to

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I'm so sorry you're not feeling well. I admire your spirit, but I just don't know if you should run when you're sick. Please be careful if you do.

Well.

I might have been up until 1am puking and back up at 8 to puke more. But I made tasty tasty soup and I am now full of tasty tasty soup with some fresh fancy mashed potatoes for later.

I'm still going to run today somehow. Not gonna let my goal slide by with just 9 miles to go. Today and tomorrow.... Gonna make it happen.

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I'm getting dressed to run now

I really want to go run but I don't want to

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I really want to go run but I don't want to

#me

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Except this is all wrong. 2020 is the last year of this decade, so we've got 53 more Wednesdays in this decade.

blessed_wednesday

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In the mood to:

(in no particular order)

Go for a run

Go for a hike or walk in a park or forest

Go to a bonfire

Take pictures of nature

Go on a road trip to somewhere remote

Take model portfolio pics

Go to a comic convention

#me

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Sounds like a great plan! And I love Zombies! Run!

9.5 miles left

To hit 200. I didn't run as much today bc I got started late and I think I've just been overdoing it. I'm glad I started late and had less time so I couldn't push myself. I think I've been pushing too much for sure.

Next 2 days no running. Then Sunday I intend to go run if I can. Hopefully another short one since I work.

And then Mon & Tues I wanna knock out 3-4 miles each. I don't know if I'm ready for 6 mile runs. But I think I need to rework on building up to run 5km without stops. Then work on adding 1 more KM. Rn I don't want to plan or worry about it I just wanna knock out 10 more miles. :)

Also FUCK VanArk. I cannot wait for this guy to die.

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Anyone in downtown Toledo want to go for a walk?

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if you’re adding like a cup of sugar to your oatmeal every morning it’s not really healthy eating anymore

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after being sidelined for 11 months, this was my first trail run in a year. was it blissful? no. was it hard? yes. did I have to stop and walk several times? yes.

but it was a start.

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Took a break at work today and took a casual walk at a nearby park. It’s not a large park, but it’s really beautiful, with some small woods, grasslands, and a great view of the water. It’s a great way to relax from work and get myself moving a little bit.

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