Day 109 - Back to the Couch
Well I had my gout attack on October 27th and have had it a record 19 days. In that time I have not been able to run and I have only gone swimming once. That one swimming session was lame as I couldn’t flex my foot. Try it some time, try swimming but keeping your right foot in one position. I am officially Out of Momentum.I feel very out of rhythm. Now I know I have to mentally get back in the game. I was working towards that 5K on the 8th and missing the race was depressing and torpedoed my motivation. The weather and my natural inclination towards lazy is keeping me down.19 days and no exercise is a bummer. I feel like all that endurance I had been building

Day 89 GRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
I feel Grrrrrrrr crappy. I still have this frekin pain in my toe and I want it to go away. 7 days I think is the longest I have ever had this. Lame Lame Lame. I went swimming today despite the wounded toe. Needless to say after  missing a week it felt awkward and I struggled to get 25 meters. I felt like my goggles weren't on right and my body didn't know what it was suppossed to do in the water. I treied using one of those leg floatie things to work just on my upper body and breathing and not use my toe to much. Fah ! I really felt weird and I am sure I looked weirder as I swam down the lane. I hate losing the momentum or exercising almost every day. I am afrai

Day 88 Gout Sucks
What is it?Gout most often results when needle-like crystals of uric acid form in the body’s connective tissue or lodge themselves in the space between two bones (i.e., in the joints).These uric acid crystals inflame the surrounding area and lead to inflammatory arthritis. This inflammatory arthritis is responsible for heat, pain, redness, stiffness, and swelling commonly associated with attacks of gout.What it feels like: Remember Sam Kinison when he would yell Oh Oh OOOOOOOOOOHHHHH. That is sort of what it feels like. Or try this buy a couple packs of needles from the sewing store, say 25 to 30 of them. Lay them on a fire until they get sort of red and glowy. Now drive

DAY 78
Okay today is my 78th day of training (287 days to go)Update : Oct 14 StairsOct 15th swim 13 laps and run 1.5 milesOct 16th StairsOct 17th - NothingOct 18th - 1.5 mile runOct 19th - more nothingOct 20th Swim 15 lapsOct 21st StairsOn my 76 th day of Training I achieved a personel best by running 2 miles without stopping and then after a couple short walks of less than 50 yards I continued and completed the 3 mile for my total run. I did this the same day I swam 18 laps which is a half mile (plenty of rest in the pool). I think and feel like I am getting somewhere. Still not sure I want to go there. For the

Stay in your Lane
TuesdayI ran on Saturday but only a mile and half because I have been healing from a minor cold and I didn’t want to get sick again. I did manage to run continuously farther than I ever had before by about 50 yards. Being able to run the entire 3 miles by the 5K in November is going to take more work. I just wish that didn’t mean so much more running.Still haven’t done much Yoga lately. I really need to get back on track with my daily Yoga program. Hello 4 am wake up my ugly ugly friend how I so don’t want to see you again. Maybe I will try Yoga at night time before bed.I swam today and it was a little victory just to get there and show up. This is the