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March 01, 2006
Fighting the Eliterunning Cold
And winning, so far. Yesterday brought on those first feelings of the cold that seems to be affecting both Beth and Mary. This is no time to be getting sick, so I took action right away. All the standard stuff: taking extra vitamin C drops, drinking more water even though that is the last thing I feel like doing, and getting more sleep. Tonight I'll probably take some over the counter cold stuff that we have left over from before the pharmacy started a registry to make sure that we aren't running meth labs. The symptoms were better today than yesterday, so I'm going to keep doing what I've been doing to keep the cold at bay.
Although it wasn't that much warmer today than it was yesterday, my body wasn't as freezing as it was yesterday. I wore the heart rate monitor to make sure that the run was easy enough. It seems that keeping my easy days easier has made my workouts better, so I try to keep it very easy on Wednesday and Sunday. I wore it in the bra instead of using the strap. The bra seems to have a less accurate reading for me because it isn't tight enough around my ribcage. For the first seventeen minutes or so it was reading unusually high, around 189, even though I was running very easy. Of course, I was freaking out that it meant that I was really sick and my heart rate really was that high. It finally settled down to a realistic number after 17 minutes, but I did stay in a backed off pace zone. The final average for the entire run was 141, including that really high period, so I did a good job of staying very relaxed.
We'll see how my calves and achilles feel tomorrow since I ran in my racing flats today. There is a race that I'll probably run in a few weeks and it's long enough that my feet should be used to running in flats before doing it. The balls of my feet tend to get very torn up when I run in flats for the first time in a season. It was strange running easy and wearing racing shoes, but in the long run it was proably worth it.
I did go to lift after my run today. Again, in the feeling on the run down almost sick side, I didn't do too much. The weight area was pretty crowded but the cardio area wasn't nearly as crowded. When I was there I also made the point to stretch since my right foot is feeling really tight. Tomorrow I need to call to schedule a massage.
Posted by Blondie at March 1, 2006 07:28 PM
Comments
So weird everyone is sick....feel better!!!!
Posted by: Audrey at March 1, 2006 08:10 PM
Yes, yes - keep fighting so you don't get it too! I hope you win your battle!
Posted by: Beth at March 1, 2006 08:26 PM
I hope you're feeling better soon! How weird, we must all be getting some internet-borne virus.
Posted by: barb at March 2, 2006 10:37 AM
189 pulse and running easy doesn't make sense. HRMonitors do that sometimes if they don't have good skin contact. I seldom use it but it can be helpful if you have a tendency to run fast and try to avoid recovery runs. To get used to it, at the beginning I wore it around the house. You get to find out fun data like your pulse when you prepare homemade pasta...
Posted by: corrado giambalvo at March 2, 2006 04:03 PM