Everything is normal. I am giggling in relief. Cholesterol is 134 (HDL is 53.1, LDL is 69). Protein was good. Glucose was 92. Hemoglobin and red and white blood cell counts were well within acceptable ranges. They tested a shit ton of things, and all were within nominal ranges–nothing was even borderline.

I did a 30 minute run today, alternating evenly (in about 5 or 6 minute blocks) between a 12:30 pace and a 11:06 pace. I suspect that if I hadn’t eaten a mere half hour before running, I think I could have done the whole thing at the 11:06 pace. Damn abdominal “stitches”. Introduced my mother to the plank today. She seemed excited.

I’ve been suffering from vicious post-run fatigue (which I know C. also suffered from after a long run), so I started a Coolrunning thread to see if I can get some responses/help.

The day after my triathaloning doctor preaches moderation in running (“You could safely cut back to about thirty minutes, three times a week and remain healthy and in shape…”), I increase my run time to 50 minutes. The trick to treadmill running without music? Television. I didn’t even really listen to it (I couldn’t hear it over the pounding of my feet), but it was something to look at other than my flabby legs in the facing mirror. I also set the treadmill’s display to show pace (12:15, on average) rather than time, so I couldn’t clock-watch, and that helped a ton. The pain in my right shoulder didn’t flare…