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April 6, 2008
Operation Low Key
Well, things have changed rapidly around here in the life of Beth Shutt. No sooner did I finish writing my blog entry yesterday telling you all how great I felt during my training, than I started to feel a little sick. My throat was a little sore and my head hurt a little. Nothing too big. But I figured I'd better rest up the rest of the night so that's exactly what I did.
When O called me around 6:45 pm that he was on his way home from the track meet I requested a stop at Dairy Queen for a blizzard to soothe my sore throat (which seemed to be getting sorer by the minute). And I took some Advil. And I went to bed really early.
I woke up this morning not really feeling too awful and because I just thought it was a cold I decided to do my long run anyway. I've run through about a million colds and been okay. So we got dressed and I strapped on my HR monitor and instead of the usual resting reading in the 40s or low 50s it was reading in the 70s and 80s. Hmmm...maybe this run isn't such a great idea?
Of course I don't always make the best decisions so we started the run anyway and truthfully I didn't feel too badly...until about 2 or 2.5 miles in. Then I just felt bad. Sort of dizzy and queasy and achey all over. At 3 miles I stopped. This just wasn't a smart idea. So we turned around and walked one mile, ran one mile and walked the final mile to the car. UGH.
I ate some breakfast, took a shower, stretched and felt absolutely exhausted. So I crawled back into bed and didn't wake up again until after 2 pm! I got up just long enough to get something to eat and then go back to sleep until 4:30 or so. Oh my!
I really don't feel that badly now, just achey and my back is really hurting. Not sure what kind of bug I have but I hope it goes away as quickly as it came! In the mean time, I'll just take it one day at a time. See how I feel tomorrow morning and go from there. Operation low key is now in effect!
Hope everyone is feeling a lot better than me and has a great start to their week! :)
Posted by beth at April 6, 2008 5:49 PM
Comments
Hope you feel better soon, Beth. Good choice to spend the day in bed resting. Sending you healing vibes...
Posted by: Ness at April 6, 2008 6:27 PM
Beth! Oh, we all get sick, so get better and REST UP!!! :) Glad you got to sleep so much, that will help!!
Posted by: Jennifer Harrison at April 6, 2008 7:39 PM
Feel better soon. Take it easy!
Posted by: Dawn at April 6, 2008 9:41 PM
Rest, rest, rest. Eat ice cream and then get better quick! Roxy, go cuddle with your Mom!
-Danielle
Posted by: Danielle at April 6, 2008 10:02 PM
Oh - feel better! I'll send you good vibees as well. The rest will do you lots and lots of good. Listen to your body.... hang in there. Grapefruit, Cold-eeze, chicken noodle soup, hot tea, and plenty of ice cream - are the key. If Tabbitha could be up there, she would keep your feet warm! (And she wouldn't even attack!)
Posted by: marit c-l at April 7, 2008 1:46 AM
Beth!
Oh noes! Feel better soon! Like, say, right now!
Posted by: Meghan at April 7, 2008 2:29 AM
Oh bummer, sounds like the flu. You were so smart to stop your run. I hope you're doing better now!!
Posted by: ange at April 7, 2008 7:28 AM
Oh that's too bad! sounds like the flu. I hope you're doing better today. You were so smart to stop your run.
Posted by: ange at April 7, 2008 7:29 AM
Oh that's too bad! sounds like the flu. I hope you're doing better today. You were so smart to stop your run.
Posted by: ange at April 7, 2008 7:29 AM
I really hope you don't have what Jen and I had last week. The flu is really going around, and hopefully you get over it quick! Rest up.
Posted by: Chad at April 7, 2008 3:45 PM
I really hope you don't have what Jen and I had last week. The flu is really going around, and hopefully you get over it quick! Rest up.
Posted by: Chad at April 7, 2008 3:45 PM