Today's run... ouch....

So ran my usual Tuesday 3 miles over the bridge... but a few different factors came into play in a major - loss - of - breath - way...

Allergies... definitely have some nasal stuff going on... but didn't notice my breathing changing... but definitely don't feel up to my usual self. I ran today with Jenna from my work. She and I play softball together... she's probably 6 inches or more taller than me, and has run (though not consistently in years) on long distance track team back in her hey days ( lol).... So we have to stride difference...

So we start out, and she admittedly starts out fast and burns out a bit... and consider that her fast is my super-fast! So I lag back a bit when we get onto the steepest part of the bridge, and I notice, that I cannot take a really full breath.

Now I didn't get to really say what I was feeling after Sunday when I ran my personal 6.24 mile best and ran for over 1 hour ... it was the most incredibly humbling and proud moment that I can recall having. I pushed myself and wasn't at all tired or out of breath or anything...

So running today, I'm thinking it must be the allergies that are effecting my breathing this significantly... because I've not ever had problems the last 3 times I've run the bridge...

Jenna goes ahead.... we catch each other on the way back, I stay with her pretty much the whole time except for in the middle... but I'm jogging... only stopped to walk twice for about 20-30 seconds each time...

Jenna was great coaching me, and I have to say it made a world of difference or else I may have wound up just walking it...

So okay - this is for the ladies... I have a problem with sports bras cutting me right in the ribs by my lungs, hence another issue for breathing, besides having some allergy/asthma thing today. I was sort of diagnosed with asthma when I was about 8 or 9... Dr. Lee told my mother "your daughter has slight asthma" My mother replied, "no, she doesn't have asthma"...

So I "never had asthma" - but I'm thinking it may be allergy/exercise related. Good thing I'm seeing the most amazing Dr. Schulman tomorrow, I'm sure he'll have some supplement I could take for this or some natural medicine for me to choose...

Jenna even said, "well this is a nice little brutal run" ... it really is... today especially. But we did it, thanks to J... and I've gotten through another day of committing to my training and following through with this dream.

If I can complete this, I feel like the world is going to open up in ways I've never realized it could.

One day at a time.... patience... and cherishing myself.

Curly
xoxoo