Happy Fall!
The lack of posts I have had since May is a direct result of the lack of running I've been doing. Summer training started off fairly well back in May and early June. I signed up to run a race with my cousin, Jessica, it was her very first road race so obviously I was excited to be a part of it with her! Not having much training, I wasn't expecting too much out of this road race. It would be nice to fall into the 21's, but even having a finishing time of 22 minutes was okay with me. It was really nice race that went through a few of the small back roads by the York River and came up through town. Just about when I was before mile 3, I had this awful feeling like I had to puke. I had sorta felt a little sick coming up to mile 2 1/2 but I thought that maybe it was just a little lack of speed training, since I had just starting building up my base miles not too long ago. I had to stop on the side of the road and make sure I was going to get sick. I decided to slowly jog the last couple minutes of the race, and ended up somewhere in the 21:40's. I couldn't explain why I felt this way, I thought maybe it was the coffee I had before, or a few other things, but I couldn't pinpoint anything in particular. I decided to run the next month of training and battle through this odd nausea I was experiencing. Enough was enough and around July I made an appointment to see a G.I. doctor. After a endoscopy, he diagnosed me with acid reflux and gave me medication. Thirty days later, now back at school, I realized the medication wasn't helping. I still felt sick when my heart rate would increase (primarily passed 2-3 miles of running) and running just didn't feel like it used to.
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| Roading Trippin' to ZBB with Lindsey |
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| ZBB! |
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| Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan! (Niki, Me, Lindsey) |
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| Country Concerts :) (Shelly, Niki, Me, Emily, Lindsey) |
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| Coco and Her German friend Katha Making Dinner |
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| Coco and Me in Boston Commons |
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| Colleen, Jensen, and Me enjoying Tallahassee before school starts |
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| FSU Football Games! GO NOLES!!! |
I decided to see another doctor and get a second opinion about this mess. The doctor I saw here at school told me that it was just my body changing and I had to adjust accordingly. So here I am, slowly trying to figure this all out. I have a small connection with a surgeon back home who I might go get a few more scans and tests done to check whether this is my gallbladder or what (since these tests haven't been able to show gallbladder issues). I'm at school and still very discouraged, frustrated, and upset about my issue. I never realized how hard it would be to not be able to run for 5 months. Don't get me wrong, the summer was a nice break from literally everything I did at school. I didn't have to study, run early in the morning, or worry about weights and practice. But now I really miss it and it's starting to get to me how much I care about running and how much I truly love it. It's hard to see all my friends go for runs and be just be on my way to the gym. It's given me the opportunity to focus more on school, which I'm sure isn't a bad idea since I'm applying to nursing school, but I just miss it.
I'm hoping to finally have figured this out by christmas time. It has certainly been a long 5 months but I need to figure this out so i can fix it and move on my with life. A little more than halfway done with the semester I find myself very tired and homesick and wishing I could fix my stomach. Hopefully this mess turns around for me! Hopefully I'll be able to check back in before Christmas!
