With just over 3 weeks to go to the sold out BMO Vancouver Marathon, I've been a bit worried about how I'm going to tackle this race. Now that I know what I'm in for, it sort of takes away the surprise on how hard it actually is. Especially, with knowing that when I should have been building my miles last month, I instead was in hospital and had to take 2 weeks off. As I may have mentioned in previous posts I have Bipolar disorder. This particular mental illness has the highest rate of relapse. I've also been off all medications for over a year. I consider this pretty cool as for the first time in 17 years, I was able to give my liver/body a break from all the drugs. Now, I'm back to 3 different types of meds and I'm still trying to adjust to them. I'm finding it terribly frustrating, too. The side effects suck. Six weeks ago, it was much easier but now I'm feeling a bit defeated. My body seizes up way too fast and I get tired very easily. Dealing with a dizzy head is no fun either. I get nauseated quickly and chest pains. Yes, I'm really complaining here ...and yes, I realize that I shouldn't. It could be much worse. I suppose I could always keep going off my medications and continue getting committed! ...not really a bright idea, though. LOL. I'm very lucky and thankful for my supportive family and the fact that I'm otherwise, in good health. I'll just have to deal with it and move forward... literally. Preferably, at a 6:24 km pace (for the marathon).
I've been keeping to 10-12k mid-week runs and so far my longest weekend run has been 22k. I should be already over 30 but I'll figure it out and hopefully, won't hurt myself in the process. When in doubt, I just go slower. It doesn't look like I'll be making a PR this time around, but at least I'm doing it. Yay me. ;-)
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