Dang

New blog, and I'm already tired of trying to think up snappy titles for my posts. I may start doing without, or I might just post the weather. Today, it would be rain. I'd say at least it's not snow, but in winter I prefer snow to rain by a long shot, so blech to today, and the week's forecast, which calls for more rain.

I stopped taking heavy duty pain meds on Saturday, and by Sunday I felt a zillion times better. Duh. There I was thinking I was feeling crappy overall because of the surgery, and switching from Lortab to Vitamin I/tylenol was like turning on a light switch. Da-yum. I went back to the gym yesterday and was able to do NROL/W, as scheduled. All of my lifts were up and the interval cardio (again done on the step mill) went well. I presumed the post surg ban on heaving lifting had something to do with 1) drugs (no longer a factor) and 2) possible increase in blood pressure, and therefore bleeding - so I figured I'd stop the workout if I tasted blood. I didn't, so that was that.

Funny thing - one of the side effects of the meds was that I completely lost my appetite. I normally NEVER lose my appetite; the only other time it ever happens to me is after I do a very long run (15+ miles). So naturally (?), that realization lead to the following conversation:

Me: Hey, you should think about running another marathon!

Me: What?

Me (ignores me, starts mentally mulling over training schedueles).

Me: Hello, this is supposed to be the Time of Karate? Focus? One main sport? Other activities to support that? Ring any bells?

Me: Oh, shut up. I plan to start running again as soon as the weather breaks, maybe six weeks. I'll tailor a basic light schedule into the end of New Rules and then pick up a heavier schedule when it's over.

Me: Yeah, sure, while you're learning Chinte, Bassia Sho, that long-ass sai kata you can't even pronounce yet, the sai attacks, all the heian katas in mirror image, and perfecting your favorite kata? That's a lot of freaking work.

Me: Philly is in November. A four month schedule for that would tie in perfectly with the end of NR, plus there'd be no hotel/travel costs...

Me: Plus three special trainings, plus

ME: SHUT UP, BOTH OF YOU! Good fucking grief, let me eat in peace.

And so it went. I completely tabled the issue. Truth is I do want to get back to running a few road races; I'm not really into short distances (if it takes me longer to get to the race than to run it, odds are, I'm not doing it) but I like the idea of another marathon or some mid-distance trail runs. We'll see.

Argh. The idle mind is a dangerous thing.