Evil Illness

Sooo, that 10mi long run last week was GREAT! Really didn't feel cold once I got out there. The last mile uphill back to Sunchase was kinda killer though!

This week was going well until about Thursday. I'd gotten some great workouts in and actually even some speedwork that I was happy with! I'm super slow and usually my speed workouts are just discouraging, but this week was good.

Thursday night I felt like I was starting to come down with something, so I took Friday off. Woke up Saturday mid-day (after playing with drunks all night on the rescue squad), and I was SICK. Realized I had to take Saturday off and was still hoping I could make my 12mi long run on Sunday. Feeling better on Sunday, but still not great, so I knew I shouldn't be running 12mi outside in the cold. So, looking over my schedule, I was supposed to have dropped mileage this next week. Rather than missing an important long run, I ran 8mi indoors (combination of treadmill and indoor track) on Sunday, and I'm swapping what would have been this week's 12/24 with next week's drop.

So I'm still pretty well on schedule!! I'll probably take Monday and even Tuesday off from running in attempt to get myself better, and do as many workouts as possible inside this week to avoid being out in the cold. I catch something the beginning of every school semester, and actually this time seems to be much milder than in the past, so hopefully it will pass quick!

12 mi long and 24mi total for this week!