WOD 100408

Long time no blog.  Not good.  Sure the WB keeps a record, but my notes really do help keep a sense of progress.
Lots of good things since my last post.  I ran a 28:08 3 mile and an 8:52 mile.
I PR'd my 3 rep DL to 205. 
I've shed myself more than a few pounds.
I've permanently traded the red band for a purple floss and there are little glimmers of an unassisted pullup on the horizon.

Not so good things?  I've wandered into the world of hypoglycemia a couple of times, I'm fighting some edema in that dreaded left foot.  And the ridiculous parasthesias in my toes and hands are there from time to time.  Waking up with all sorts of body parts having fallen asleep.  Very aggravating

Almost as much as the struggle to figure out what is busted.  Enzymatic? Do I need more potassium/calcium/magnesium?  No DVT in the leg, but I have sore slightly varicose veins in both legs.  I'm slated to get an MRI of it, but the appt people don't pick up their phone.  :(

Today's WOD was a deadlift/wall ball circuit 12, 9, 6, 3 DL's with 40, 30, 20, 10 wallball.   After pushing the Tues bodyweight interval WOD at the Rx level, I'm paying for it.  My lats are fried and I couldn't get 155 off the floor for a single DL.  So humbling as it be, 14:02 with  125# and 15 lb dumbbell thrusters if you couldn't get to a wall ball.

Oh, and I walked in through the out door this am, so I didn't sign in... burpees :(

Peter went into hospice a few weeks ago now.  The many people he helped learn to love XC running  ran a 5K in front of the house where he is living on 20 March.   He was able to sit at the finish line and greet the many well wishers.

As of yesterday, he hadn't been able to eat since before Easter, and I understand that he has lost the ability to speak.  I don't know that I can ever truly explain what it feels like to watch someone who was the family pillar of athleticism fade away.  Only 47.