"Told You!"

Game on!

Before I went running my BP was 190/93!  Kind of frightening by itself, but even more shocking was my after run measurement.  122/76!!!

I find it absolute amazing that this kind of a swing is even possible.  And although I won't be totally at peace until I stop getting these ridiculously high readings, at least I'm starting to believe that it's all gonna be okay.  I sent the numbers to Cory, and she confirmed that I'm gonna live.

I think that the good number confirms that I don't have any kind of a traditional lifestyle or genetic hypertension problem, and it is indeed most likely related to my hormones.  And of course I know that the best thing I can do about the high readings, is to stop thinking about them.

And between those 2 readings I had a decent 20 km run, which reminded me one more time why I do this stuff.  In my own defence, it's no wonder I get stressed quickly when I'm faced with a risk of losing my workouts, because the difference between how I felt before and after the run, is as dramatic as the BP readings themselves.

So even though I cramped up quite badly, and probably won't be able to run for a few days, I feel peaceful.  I know that a muscle cramp will go away.

And I had another little victory today as well.  I had an estate meeting at 3 pm, and on the way home I passed so close to a Tim Hortons that I could smell the apple fritters.  I pulled into the parking lot, sat there for a few minutes, then drove on home without going in!  After I got home I turned right around and went to the grocery store where I picked up a few things I needed, and  came home and made an omelette!  At 8 pm I still got 400 calories left in my budget, so I'm looking froward to my bedtime snack!

run, 20 kms

....and this one is brilliant....

"One way to get high blood pressure is to go mountain climbing over molehills."---Earl Wilson

Love

Peter