Week of 02/25/2007 - 03/03/2007 (oh, so very sick...)

I've contracted the plague...!

Unfortunately this is just about the last nail in the coffin for me running at Ben Brown in two weeks. Prognosis is also uncertain for Oxy Distance Carnival. Time passes both so slowly and so quickly, since November I've just been trying to hold it together for these races, just trying to remain healthy and log some base miles so I could open the season with a solid 5K, and it seemed like forever, so many weeks to NOT screw up, so many weeks to put it all together, but now I'm here, flat on my back with an icepack on my forehead and a cup of tea under my nose, and these races are about to pass me by. When it all crashes, it crashes so fast.

Goals for the week: cure the plague, re-work the training plan, optimistically get some light jogging in if health permits. I'll hopefully also be armed with new allergy medication and test results from all of the doctor appointments. The battle may be lost, but the war can still be won--I will conquer this.

Sunday - Tuesday 02/25 - 02/27: off. Feel like crap. Headache and fever are main symptoms, developed cough on Monday, basically bedridden with chills and feeling progressively worse on Tuesday. I don't like this...

Wednesday 02/28: Couldn't make it through the day without some Tylenol Cold. Still dying... oh, please won't somebody save me....

Thursday 03/01: Finally feeling better, headache gone, but still a lot of coughing. Whole chest area is sore from coughing. Hurts to swallow, but managed some solid foods today.

Also, calamity of the world! Stepped on the scale today, and to my horror, I've gained 4 pounds! Apparently ice cream for 3 meals a day is not a good idea. What a disaster...

Friday 03/02: Went to the doctor, the plague is NOT strep, thank goodness. Also, no major diseases, so apparently I'm still stuck with the allergies. Still a prohibitive degree of coughing, taking one last day off.

Revised training plan (with Peter, only moderate arguing :)) for new target race: Oxy invite on 5/12. Should be far enough away, barring any more catastrophes in the interim. FYI, biting off more than I can chew: I may need to start getting over my distaste for being last, starting now... the slowest person last year was 19:34, and she was last by like almost 30 seconds. meh.

Saturday 03/03: 23 miles, biking with Peter, around Rose Bowl with one loop in the hills by Art Center. Ran into Sladek and Ruby. Nice roads, but felt like drowning, better after first 45 minutes. Wish I didn't have this cough, and that I remembered how to drink while riding... but felt good to get out there, fun.

I want to be healthy so, so, much.