A few weeks ago, I posted a message about the balance between training and life. Well, I think I found that balance. I am finally getting better after a month of inactivity and A LOT of thinking. No doubt, I learned alot from this experience. Basically, I was diagnosed with a very mild form of Bells Palsy which stemmed from a virus that I originally tried to "train through". The virus effected my 7th Cranial nerve and could have been prevented had I just listened to my body. Instead I ignored the symptoms and it only got worse and pushed me over the edge big time. I was so severly overtrained that my body shut itself down and could not fight infections.

Following my diagnosis, I had to take Prednisone for 3 weeks and that shit totally waked me out. Created extreme fatigue, nervousness beyond my control and it supressed my immune system even worse than it was making me susceptable to other virus's. On top of all that, my body went from doing 2 a day's at a very high level to nothing at all at the drop of a hat. I didn't react well. I was deeply depressed. My anxiety level was raised from the Prednisone thapy and I had to deal with small panic attacks. My resting HR is finally coming down after the steroid therapy and my energy is slowly coming back. I just am so damned thankful that I didnt have a tumor or something worse.

So now that I have to re-build my base and work at geting fit again. Forget about my original A races. I have to re focus and adjust my goals. I look at this experience as an invaluable training tool that will ultimatly help me improve. I found the balance. I found it the hard way.