It's one A.M. in the morning, can't sleep and feel like I'm coming down with a cold. Even so, I feel I have turned a corner in the road.
After three weeks of not drinking much beer I have given up and the results have been beneficial. Not only is my GI track better off but so is the neuropathy in my hands and feet. This defies all logic but if a couple of beers a day works then the heck with it. I have however, maintained the assault on dairy, cravings for ice cream, cheese and yogurt are fading away and staying that course will be in my ability.
Now for the really good news .... this past Sunday .... in an eight hour endurance event I was able to run twenty six miles virtually pain free. This trail run, held at Greenbrier State Park had loops just under five and a quarter miles with eight hundred feet of elevation gain. Prior to the run I expected two laps, perhaps three if the pain in my foot wasn't too bad. It was crazy that after five laps the only thing holding me back was twinges in my right knee.
This was the longest run of the year, the first run beyond ten miles since I injured my Hamstring back in May. At the end I was tired but not exhausted, nothing cramped and little soreness in the following days. I did need several pit stops along the way but so what's new.
Perhaps more important than anything else, running without pain brings back the joy of running. This morning, as Molly and I ran there was nothing to distract me from cool air on my face and of leaves changing color... Sweet !
Stay Happy ..... Mike
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