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Originally Posted by DapperButch

Well, this may sound strange, but maybe it is from the alluminum that is found in the vast majority of deodorants. Is the smell near your armpit?

I've wondered about the deodorant, but I always use the same product and the metallic smell is inconsistent. But when I notice it, it seems pervasive so I don't know if its originating from my armpits it *seems* like all of my skin smells that way. I'll have to make a note to ask my PCP when I go in for my physical in a couple of months.

I've actually noticed it is less frequent now that I'm running inside on a treadmill (rather than outside on the trail). I know my body works harder when I'm outside on the trails. Who knows? Google results are inconclusive. I'll have to resort to asking my PCP when I next see her.

My workout today:
Week 5, Run 2:
5min warm up walk, 10min run, 1min walk, 4min run, 1min walk, 6min run, 5min cool down walk.
It was tough, but it means I'm back to running 20min again for the first time in 10 weeks.

I find the hardest part is not the actual running but the constant dialogue in my head that says "this is hard, you can't do this, you could just cut a minute off this run, your hip hurts, you're crap at breathing, i bet everyone is staring, who really cares if you can run 5k anyway, blah blah blah blah" And its interesting to me that while that dialogue carries on the best I've got to combat it is: "shut the fuck up brain" and "you can do it". Amazing the strength and range my negative thoughts can have compared to the positive encouraging thoughts.

I followed my run up with 30min/9miles on the recumbent bike, super-easy pace and resistance because my legs were like jelly and I needed to stretch my legs and bring my heart rate down gradually.

Now I'm bouncing around my flat the not sure what to do with myself.