Race Schedule and Results

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Slow and sick...

It's been a long couple of days. I had a great 12 mile run in the cold windy weather on Saturday morning and then proceeded to get sick. Cold sick. You know the "major snot clogging, headache having, achy body, run down" kind of sick. It's gross. I spent most of Sunday and actually part of Monday just laying low in hopes that I start to feel better, all the while avoiding the hubster like the plague because I know he doesn't want this lovely stuff. :)

Yesterday I started feeling a little more like myself. My head wasn't in a bubble and I felt like I had enough energy to bike with Tom during his interval session. NOT A GOOD IDEA! I warmed up for 20 minutes then went into 2 sets of 4 reps of 3:00 hard and 3:00 active recovery. He does this every Tuesday and Thursday as part of his RAAM training. My legs were burning. I felt good when I was done, had a great dinner and didn't think much of it.

This morning... the semi hit! WOWZERS! I had an 8 miler planned and dragged my arse (and Tom's) out the door. I felt good for about the first 10 steps and it went downhill very fast. I was snotty again, choking, wheezing, gasping, hurting, whining. You know... all the things that a person who is either a. out of shape running for the first time or b. still sick and trying to get over a cold would be doing. Now my throat is scratchy again and I'm super sleepy. Ug... not fun!

I'm hoping I feel better by the weekend. Not only is it supposed to be in the 60's here in Ohio the next few days, but Tom and I are doing an indoor tri sponsored by our local hospital and the university here in town. Word has it that we've been outed as having tri experience and that people are slating us to win. Yikes... and I was thinking that I'll be happy to live through it!

PS - I bought a new camera yippie and hopefully will be able to upload a bunch more pictures soon. My blogs have been boring lately and I apologize for that! :)

6 comments:

teacherwoman said...

I hope you are feeling better soon! Take care, hun!

Lora Abernathy said...

Hey, thanks for stopping by my blog and for the shout-out here. I hope we can avoid a blizzard, though who knows with this Ohio weather.

Wow, I really hope you feel better soon. That's the worst to have nice weather and not be able to train.

I see we're both doing the Toyota HIM. It'll be my first and I'm so thrilled about it.

Anyway, take good care of yourself so you can get back out there sooner and for a longer period of time.

Trisha.R.Jackson said...

YUCK!! Hope you're starting to feel better. I pray that I don't get the "bug" that's been going around. That would be no fun at all and I don't even walk to the mailbox hardly anymore :)

Kate said...

Feel better soon and have fun at the tri this weekend.

Texas Gal said...

Thanks for the notes! I appreciate that you don't think I'm nuts, but then again, you've signed up for second IM, and most people would think that is crazy! ;) Anyhow, hope you do get to feeling better for the weekend and the good weather. Have fun at the tri this weekend...at least you can't bring wind to an indoor tri! :)

Judi said...

hey girlie,

it's warming up! spring is coming! isn't it exciting?

hope you feel better soon. sucks to be sick.