Hey guys!! Just a little update to what I have been doing. I have finished my half marathon. I beat last years time by 10 minutes!! I was lucky enough to run this with my son Christopher. This was his very first half marathon and he had done very little training. Hmph!! However, I might have done a whole Summer of training and building up the miles while he just went out and ran it, I wasn't the sore one afterwards...he was =) But either way it was truly fun and I loved every minute of it.
So this year I completed two 5k's, a 10k, and a half and finishing with an 8K Turkey Trot. The Turkey Trot will be just for fun with no time limits on me due to me just coming back from my LID and radiation for the last 4 weeks.
Speaking of all that, I am so glad that is all done with and I can now be back on my medicine and start to feel better and enjoy my vacation and the upcoming holidays.
This time around wasn't as bad as the first time around. It just truly sucks going off the Synthroid for so long and being on that low iodine diet. But I didn't have to go into isolation due to not having to take as much radiation as last time. So that was exciting! After my radiation two days later I did the full body scan and was immediately told everything looked really great and I was able to start my meds immediately and can get back to a normal diet. Yay!!
That was all a week and a half ago and since I have been back on my meds I have felt so much better with each passing day. I have started back with my workouts, slowly, and that feels wonderful!! My runs of course have been anywhere from 1-3 miles but have felt good. Slow but good. My goal for now is to just run and build up my miles and speed just a bit.
So that is pretty much where I am at and I'm pretty good with it all too!
I have loved reading and keeping up with everybody and their marathon training and all the runs too.
Today I ran outside in this beautiful Fall weather for 2.3miles and loved every step!! No time, no watch, just me, my footsteps and the music!
Feels good to feel good again!
Congrats for your half and the "10 minutes less". Glad you could run with your son. I finished some races with my son too and I hope to do it again very soon. Hi from Italy.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness HI! Italy wow!! Nice!! I loved every min of that half running with him. Tr0uly is the best huh? Thank you for stopping in =
Deleteohh congrats on a HUGE pr that's always exciting and so rewarding. I have always thought if I have kids, I sure hope they will run with me!
ReplyDeleteThank you!! It felt good and I sure hope to just get better and faster too! Thank you for stopping by =)
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