By the numbers:

Latest thyroid test results: TSH 12.83 H (range 0.4-4.00), T4 free 1.24 (range 0.8-1.80), test results from October 10, 2018

Current thyroid medication: 167.5 mcg levothyroxine, started on 10/19/18 – alternating 150 mcg and 150+25mcg every other day.

Current weight:  155.6 lb

October monthly totals:

Miles run: 235.1  (highest monthly total for 2018)

Days run: 29 out of 31

Calories burned during run: 30,200 kcal (that’s 8.6 lb if 3500 kcal = 1 lb)

Run time: 49 hr 55 min

October monthly averages and superlatives:

Average speed per mile: 12:38

Average stride rate: 158 steps per minute

Average heart rate during run: 148 beats per minute

Longest run: October 31, 2018 – 15.0 miles, 12:32/mile

Shortest run: October 4, 2018 – 3.25 miles, 13:58/mile

Fastest run: October 29, 2018 – 9.0 miles, 11:33/mile

Slowest run (not counting hill runs): October 4, 2018 – 3.25 miles, 13:58/mile

Fastest mile: October 29, 2018 – Mile 9 at 10:47 of a total 9.0 miles, 11:33/mile

Fastest strides: October 29, 2018 – 9.0 miles, 11:33/mile – strides 164 steps per min

Slowest strides (not counting hill runs): October 8, 2018 – 151 per minute, 10.0 miles, 13:40/mile

Non-run monthly stats:

Total distance (running + walking): 306.3 miles

Average distance per day: 9.9 miles

Total steps: 613,830 steps

Average steps per day: 19,800 (nailing my 12,000 goal and then some!)

Average resting heart rate: 59 bpm

Lowest resting heart rate: October 12, 2018 – 51 bpm

Highest resting heart rate:  October 29, 2018 – 69 bpm

October monthly thoughts:

This is the most I’ve run (and probably the fastest I’ve run) since being diagnosed with a thyroid problem in March 2018.  I know my hormone levels are not where they need to be, but I’m feeling a lot better than I was in July-September, and the more I run the more I feel like myself.  I think my new dose of 167.5 mcg levothyroxine started on October 19 is giving me some more energy in the afternoons (I still get pretty tired, but less than before my second surgery and the month or so after that where my TSH was up to 16).  Temperatures have finally cooled down, and overall I think I am really enjoying running these days.  I don’t expect November to be nearly as many miles, but maybe I will work on getting my speed up – I’d like to be averaging 11:30/mile, but coming off of two surgeries and with my thyroid hormone not in the right place, I’m just going to have to slowly ease my speed back up.