Belaire Run

3 miles. Very slow since morning run. In the rain.

Emergency visit to eye doctor

Checking out at store and right eye exploded with black lava lamp like images. Went home and put groceries in fridge. Googled issue and then called opticians for opinion or urgency. Had to drive straight in as definitely deteriorating hazy vision. So several tests later they said it was PVD - Posterior Vitreous Detachment. I knew the eye was filled with fluid which is almost solid. I didn't know it could change consistency (in my case suddenly) and affect vision. I have a long eye and if you are 6 diopters or more you are prone to this. Basically it detaches from retina (may or may not tear it) and see the shadow of it doing this. After many exams and opticians worried about glaucoma - this was never on the radar as a problem I could have. Really hassled by after having LASIK for 10 years and great vision for first time in life - it is now gone. They say takes 6 weeks to stabilize the detachment and the brain to begins to try and cancel out the shadow (remember brain rotates the image and does alot of filtering!) . Told absolutely no treatment and something have to learn to live with. And always be an issue. I also had a full test in April and 5 months later get this. I go back in a month to make sure the detachment is not causing a retina tear. There was no sign today - was intact and healthy. So lets see when it happens to other eye. I guess have 2 for a reason! Also they said that older people will have it and not know it as it occurs gradually while their eyesight is deteriorating. I had a PVD event. Lucky me.

KW - MP

6 miles. Memorial Park. 2 miles warm-up. 3 miles temp run. 1 mile w/d.

KW - Hills

2 mile warm-up on Tornado's x-country relay course from weekend race. Rain started but lightening kept away. Then 1 mile reps with 90s rest btwn on cloverleaf course. 9:12, 8:45, 8:32. You know you are training when doing mile reps on hills and each has to be progressively faster!

Sunday Run

Started in sunlight and ended in moonlight. Run along Terry Hershey Trail. Kinda slow after having dinner first and a weekend spend doing home construction. Main floor completed. Now onto miles of baseboard and touch up painting. With each wall unique - not the fastest tasks to complete.

Kenyan Way - Memorial Park

Ran e-naked. Garmin didn't make the leave home checklist and remained sitting charging on granite counter top. Probably the first time I forgot it. So no real point doing the scheduled KW interval session without a backup watch. Also this was second run back from illness. Instead enjoyed the first cool run of fall by running classic memorial trails route and finishing with 2 miles round runners loop. Not a sole on the trails. So peaceful and allowed mind to wander as the tree roots, path and ups and downs are second nature after all these years. On the runners loop fun seeing all the large training groups doing "stuff". Lots of groups doing everything but running. One group in particular had people doing some kind of leg kicks and everyone had picked a different style. I know people are all different shapes and sizes but I believe the goal of the exercise is to do it a specific way to have desired result.

Great run! Great day for it. And yes - I saw several run with that thermal jacket on in 72F!

Kenyan Way Hills

OK. This was a tentative session. Been sick for 2 weeks with aches and pains all over and body fatigue. No other symptoms. First run since Labor Day. Had a few crappy weekends. Went to doc on Fri 11 and endured 4 hours there mostly waiting despite having an appointment. All tests negative. Had some more done on Monday. Doc didn't want to give anything until knew what it was.

So run was relatively OK. Am writing this 2 days later and believe I can say I'm finally well again.

Managed 2 loops of all 4 cloverleafs. Did a third one for warm-down.