Posts Tagged ‘Narcolepsy’
From Start To Finish
The first half of the marathon, running through Hopkinton, Ashland, Framingham and Natick can be summed up in one snapshot – me being passed. I wasn’t passed by a few runners, I was passed by everyone. The gazelles flew by first, rubbing elbows with me as they weaved their maze around the slower runners –…
Read MoreGoing The Extra Mile
“It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” -Charles Dickens 6:30am on Marathon Monday:Waiting to board a bus to Hopkinton,with my official marathon bag slung over my shoulder. On the morning of the marathon, I awoke at 5:11am, still a little groggy from my nighttime medication, but there was…
Read MoreThose that Carry Us
It was not out of strength or courage that I began this journey. In the months following my diagnosis in the fall of 2007, I struggled to find a balance between my symptoms and medications. I hated narcolepsy so much I wanted to crush it. Approaching this problem as any competitive athlete would, I was…
Read MoreMission Cherry Blossom
I’m not a morning person. I like to take my time getting up – drifting in and out of dreams for at least a half hour before getting out of bed. Yet, this past Wednesday, seeing a bright blue sky out my window, I got up right away, dressed in my running gear and was…
Read MoreWide Awake and Dreaming
With 16 days until the Marathon, I’ve decided to discuss an aspect of narcolepsy I’ve never discussed here on this blog. One evening in June of 2007, while sleeping overnight at my dad’s house, I awoke in the middle of the night to the repeated ringing of the doorbell. Hours earlier, I’d fallen asleep on…
Read MoreREMRunner in the News
I’m so honored to be featured in the Boston Globe health section today. (Check out: “A Race With Sleep” by Elizabeth Cooney, March 29th, 2010.) If you’re new to my blog today, welcome! Feel free to explore, but if you’d like to read more about narcolepsy and cataplexy affecting my life and training …
Read MoreThe Upside of Slowing Down
Still recovering from the tendonitis in my knees, I’m training with 30-40 minute run/walks. Although this isn’t exactly what I’d like to be doing less than a month before the marathon, I’ve decided to take this opportunity to incorporate something else into my routine – photography. You know what they say about life – you…
Read MoreNarcolepsy… What’s that?
When I tell people I have narcolepsy, I generally get the same response: “So you can fall asleep in the middle of a conversation?” For the record, I’ve fallen asleep in a lot of strange places but I’m fairly certain I’ve never fallen asleep in the middle of a conversation. (Correct me if I’m wrong!) However, in all…
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