I missed writing for my last run. It was a good moderately paced longish run, I took most of my extender routes. The weather was a tad cool, but great for a run. Today (took a rest day yesterday) was gorgeous as well. Just cool enough to make running in the sun the perfect warm up, but not cold enough in the shade to be uncomfortable at all.

Today I felt a tad sluggish when I woke up but once I got going I felt really strong on my run for like 95% of it. I didn’t push it too quickly and maybe that is why it felt good throughout. I ended up with a 9:30 pace for the 6.3 miles I put in. Not great but not bad and about what I have been doing my base runs at lately. My base run distance seems to be increasing. I don’t know if I am just encouraging myself to go a bit further or what, but the 5.5 base runs I was doing previously are all getting extended. I am still feeling fine throughout them.

On an ms note, I have cut back with my dilantin to three a day (from alternating 4/5). My hope is to eventually stop taking these anti-seizure meds as this sort of symptom I was having with the periodic seizures is one that has gone away over time for people. So I am going to try weening myself again and see what happens. I have been doing this for a week or so and I am noticing that when I am over heated from runs that they seem to come back a bit. But only one small one as I am cooling down, almost as if it were a quick head rush. I do my kitty-kitty-kitty speaking test and I am having trouble though, so I think it is the seizure thing. I am going to see how it goes for a couple of weeks before giving up though. I think I will try to stabilize at three a day.