Sunday's 18 miler left me feeling a little beat up, so I opted not to run on Monday. Tuesday's workout was slated to be 6 X 1/2 mile with two dot (two tenths of a mile) recovery.Although I felt really sluggish warming up, once I got going I felt OK. I ran 2:39, 2:38, 2:36, 2:36, 2:36, and 2:34. My goal was to average 2:37 (5:14 mile pace) on these and I did, and I also got faster on each one. That was the most solid tempo workout that I've done in a while.
After dinner that night I started to get a dull headache and felt achy. I did get up to run Hulls Gulch (8- miles) on Wednesday with Derek and Monica, but by that afternoon things had progressed to a full blown head cold. I am currently feeling weak and achy and am coughing up neon green gunk. Good times. I guess that this will teach me to take better care of myself and to start getting some rest. It will only be easy running for the next couple of days and hopefully I'll be OK by Sunday.On the bright side, I'm glad that I got sick now as opposed to the week of the marathon !
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You rocked that workout! Just think what you can do when you actually feel good!
You do rock, Dave! Just do what you need to do to best take care of yourself and then pick up and carry on!
Liz
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