Sweet Dreams

Another sleepless night I'm afraid, a good time to catch up with the blog.

About a week ago I made one of my breakfast shakes with a fresh Pear and believe there was an immediate improvement to my system. For the past week, the addition of Pears, be it my "Wonder Fruit" or just pure coincidence may just be what I need to help me get through JFK. While my GI Track is still screwed up I have been able to complete several long runs and a 5K without issue. 

Now to tackle this "Sleep Thing"

There have been many times in my life when sleep was difficult to come by but but rarely has it been as bad as this. Last Wednesday for example, after putting in almost eighteen miles of running I went to bed physically and mentally tired. I fell to sleep almost right away only to wake up less than an hour later, I would not sleep again that evening.

The odd thing is that it's not that I'm having one of those nights when thoughts of work, family or issues are filling my head with angst. It's not some invisible song repeating itself over and over that can't be "Turned Off". Nope my head is pretty empty (OK easy shot here) I just can't sleep.

Short of wrapping my head in Tin Foil to keep radio waves and other "Alien Beams of Energy" from entering my mind, I've tried just about all the "Tricks" I know to no avail. 

All right some good news ...... I participated in the Frederick Pink Ribbon run this past Saturday winning my age group. I ran twelfth overall in just a few seconds slower than in the Susie's Cause 5K. The "Odd Thing" is that I finished twelfth overall for the second time in a row, I would imagine that the odds of that are pretty remote but I've done it before in the 2007 / 2008 JFK's, finishing two hundred twenty third out of fields of around a thousand, having a twenty minute time differential between races. WEIRD !

Enjoyed a thirteen and a half mile run Sunday morning ( No Issues) but hardly slept again Sunday night.

All right it's now 2:20 in the morning, I'm finally getting sleepy enough to head back to my room. If sleep comes let's hope the clock display is beyond 3:20 when I look at it.

Sweet Dreams ............ Mike