So after my successful run on Halloween I kinda fell sick. I guess my body really wanted the rest? So I was off work until Wednesday and really didn’t feel 100% until today. But seriously everyone at work is sick. Like everyone. It’s an epidemic, and yes probably swine flu. Apparently BC is being hit harder then anywhere else right now.
At any rate, it wasn’t until today that I was back out there again, and while I was sick I didn’t stretch or roll or anything. It was pretty much all about lying down. So my run this morning was still fairly stiff and slow.
But what a beautiful morning it was. It was supposed to be raining, and sure enough it did pour all day, but when I was running it hadn’t started yet. But it smelled like rain, you know? And it was windy enough that I was running through the leaves as they came off the trees. Amazing.
I have totally tossed out my training plan now. I will start thinking about it again once I get up to, say 15 miles a week rather then like 3. Oh well. I have made peace with it. Sorta. Going to focus on recovery and some good solid pain free runs…. I can do another half in the new year. If I am feeling good on HM day maybe I will do the 10K. Maybe. Thanks for the support everyone, it helps. I am behind on blog reading . Not being able to run makes me sad to read about it. But if I have truly made my peace it shouldn’t matter right?
- Distance: 3.26 miles
- Time: 34:02
- HR Avg\Max: 144\159
- Pace: 10:32
- Cals: 323
healthy meal idea of the day:
A health-ified sweet potato casserole from Cooking Light, just in time for the holidays.
glad you got your run in before the rain! as much as i hate the rain i love the smell of it. reminds me of spring and i need that going into the winter! hah
Getting sidelined by injury and illness really stinks. Sometimes it feels like 2 steps forward and 3 steps back, doesn’t it? I’m glad you’re feeling better, and I hope you have some good runs coming up.
Leave it to PBS to air such a critical and brilliant program but a single time per channel on a single day without repeat. Christ, they repeat everything liberal, nothing informative. Im shocked they aired it this time, frankly.