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January 1, 2005
New Years
I was glad that I made it through New Year's Eve. I was pretty exhausted the entire day. On Wednesday and Thursday I had temperatures that were over 100 and by Friday I had a much lower temperature but did not have much energy. I was congested and was feeling fatigued. I spent the day at my brother's house and played with my niece and nephew while their parents were getting ready for the big evening party. I took a lot of breaks during the day to just lie on the couch and relax. Around 4 o'clock my brother asked me if I wanted to do an easy three miles with him. Since I had been feeling cooped up since Christmas I decided the fresh air would be good for me. I also knew I was safe because my brother has not run in 6 weeks due to a stress fracture. We did a three-mile loop around his neighborhood in New Haven. I felt disoriented and did not feel like my legs knew what they were doing. I think mostly I was stiff and my breathing was harder than usual due to my cold. For the first time in a long time I was counting the minutes I had left in a 24 minute run. That is one reason I knew I was not feeling well for sure. After the run I got ready for the party. Everyone arrived at 7 p.m. It was mostly my sister in laws side of the family and some of my brother's friends. One of my older brother's came with his girlfriend around 8 and stayed until 11 p.m. and my parents showed up around 9 and stayed until midnight. I spent much too much time on my feet and found my legs feeling really tired and dead by midnight. I was the first person to go to sleep at 12:30, even before my 8 year old niece and 5-year-old nephew. I was happy to fall right to sleep. I did not hear anything all night. Apparently some of the guests were at my brother's house until almost 6 in the morning.
I slept until almost 11 a.m. in the morning today and felt a little better. I was trying to decide if I should drive up to MA to get back to my life there. I was planning to meet Alison for a run and hoping I felt a little better. I knew it would be hard for me to run more than 5 miles. After thinking about it for an hour I decided to cancel my run with Alison. The thought of driving to MA and only getting to run 5 miles was too much for me. I was disappointed not to get to run with Alison but am looking forward to going to the Millennium Mile with her tomorrow.
Another brother and his wife and two children came over to visit in the afternoon. Everyone ate lunch together, left overs from the party the night before. I ate more than I have been eating in hopes that I would get a little more energy. After lunch we all went for a walk and it felt so nice to be in the fresh air. It was so mild today, around 50 degrees. After the walk I asked my niece if she wanted to ride her bike with me while I ran three miles. She agreed to only if she could pick the course. I was definitely willing to let her pick the course. My brother was going to come with me but decided not to. I was glad he did not come because I ran really slowly. I pretty much jogged for 24 minutes. My legs felt fine but my chest was very sore every time I took a breath and again I felt that 24 minutes was a long time. I knew I made the right decision not to run with Alison. Yet, when I just read her blog and read about the trails she explored, I wished I had been healthy enough to run with her today. I am sure there will be other times for us to do runs together when I am healthy.
I had soup for dinner with my brother. We then watched Annie with my sister in law and niece and nephew. It was a relaxing evening and I feel ready to head back to MA tomorrow and get started with things there. I think by midweek I should be feeling back to normal again which is very good. I start coaching again on Monday and begin to teach a class next week. Hopefully serious training will resume mid week. I hope everyone had a great start to the New Year.
Posted by mary at January 1, 2005 8:40 PM
Comments
We'll definitely have to run on the Quabbin trails together sometime, as long as you promise not to run me into the ground on the hills :-) Those trails certainly aren't California, but for Western Mass, they're quite nice! I hope you're feeling better soon - it stinks that you have to go through this, but the rest probably isn't hurting any. I just hope the sickness is on its way out and you're feeling like your normal self again soon!
Posted by: Alison at January 1, 2005 10:15 PM