Well, I am running again and for the most part feeling pretty good. I am in terrible shape but did run a "race" in Indianapolis this past weekend visiting my nephews at Butler university. I only entered because I figured it was an easy way to get in a run rather than run from the hotel that is by the highway and busy roads. It was a 5K point to point course. I decided to just run how I feel and was not going to hurt myself and would be happy with anything under twenty minutes. I had only run about 80 miles this year and most were in early January. I started out easy and 1/4 mile into it I was already breathing harder than I wanted to at that point. I relaxed and continued on through the mile in 5:44. I decided I was going to try and hold this pace and see what happens. I then went through two miles in 11:27 and passed four people in that mile. The course then went on a gravel bike path for the last 1.1 miles. I felt really flat but pressed on and ended finishing in 17:52. (5:45 pace the whole way) Nothing special but felt pretty good afterwards. I do think my perspective on running has changed with the disease that I have (Hashimoto's Auto-immune is what I have) I do not know if I will ever feel right again but to be honest just being able to run again is more important right now. My TSH levels are still high which means if and when they they get in the range of someone without this disease I should feel even better. For now I will take what I have and see what happens. It's funny but I have run minutes faster yet this run feels special to me in that I felt like a runner again for the first time in a long time.
