Ups and downs of feeling bad
Three weeks into the year and I can’t believe that I’m saying training for the Shamrock Half has gotten off to a bad start. Sort of.
Last weekend, I wrote about not feeling well. My mileage fell short by a few miles and I had a long run that just didn’t feel right. It was nice to push it, but it left me feeling bad later in the day.
All last week I struggled with feeling good — lots of snot, headaches and everything else associated with a cold. That led to completely skipping a run, something I haven’t done in a while.
Then yesterday I felt pretty good again. My head was stopped up, but I felt like I could think clear. I went out for 8 miles and had a great run. While it was a bit cold, I enjoyed every second of it. The super snot rockets I got out made me feel even better.
Then yesterday afternoon I took a nap that made me feel crappy again. Same thing last night; then today it’s like I couldn’t even wake up. I decided to stay home from work because going to work every day last week obviously didn’t make me feel better.
Now that it’s afternoon, I once again don’t feel too bad. This up and down and up and down thing is annoying — I feel like the end is near and I know that taking today off running will only help.
Today is all about rest and fluids. I want to run tomorrow and I want to run 10 miles this weekend. I want to have a normal week of training and get my focus back on what I want to do for the Shamrock Half.
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I know that want for a normal week of training too well. Lucky that it's early in training though. You'll be better tomorrow I predict, if not, you can do a Wordless Wednesday snot rocket post.
While it's early in training, 8 weeks til the half makes me antsy.I've gotten my long runs in, although I'm about a week behind where Iwanted to be at this time. I won't post any pictures of my snotrockets, but this is definitely one of the worst colds I've ever had.Good thing is everything is now starting to come out clear.
That whole up again, down again thing really stinks! Hope you get on a roll this week!
Dude, hope you feel better. I've been going through the same thing and I have a race this weekend. Killing me!
Not feeling well and getting your training out of whack because of it is no fun. I think I hate it more when my schedule gets thrown off by preventable things like poor planning or… gasp… laziness.