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April 30, 2007
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The last four days of my vacation I was trying to fight off a chest infection but it has gotten a hold of me. I was really hoping to piece together a solid week of training but that did not happen.
Last Thursday the symptoms started. I was able to bike in the morning and lift and did not notice any symptoms. I waited to run until the afternoon because I wanted to run on some of my favorite trails in East Hampton, MA near Mt. Tom. I stopped on the way to CT at the trail head to get a good hour or so run in for the day. From the start I was exhausted. I could not tell if I was tired from Wednesday's workout or the car ride. I did not think either of those things should have made me all that tired. I ran a half hour on the M and M trail and really wanted to stop but I still did not run the Reservoir Loop. I decided to just take it really easy and run around the Reservoir to make it an hour. I felt sore and achy all over and was sorry I finished the run by the time I finished.
I woke up on Friday with a terrible sore throat and cough and decided to take Friday off and never felt great all day long. I spent much of the day cleaning out my things from my Mother's attic. I found about six boxes of books that made me nostalgic for my younger days in my 20's when I was extremely optimistic and wanted to read everything and wanted to do everything. I also found about fifteen travel books, half of the places I have been to and half were places I was hoping to go to but have not gotten to yet. I also found hundreds of letters and lots of old race results some of which were organized and some which were not. I donated a lot of my things, clothes and books that I really don't think I'll read again or if I do I'll get them from the library. I found countless journals that I used to keep and had a good time laughing at my thoughts, they were really naive and I really tried hard to do the right thing. I filled my car with about three boxes of my old things which I thought was a healthy amount to save.
On Saturday I had a bike ride scheduled. I was not sure how I would feel because the cough and sore throat were still present. My ride was with my brother in law who I hardly ever get to ride with so I did not cancel. We rode about thirty miles and I felt ok. I never really pushed it because my body felt fatigued and sore. I was happy to be done but also happy for some fresh air. After the bike ride I drove back to VT to get some rest in the comfort of my home and with Mark.
I was scheduled to do a long run on Sunday in Burlington but I woke up again feeling horrible and opted to grade the stack of papers waiting for me on my desk instead. I spent almost the entire day grading or designing tests. I went for a short bike ride, about 14 miles but felt worse when I returned.
Things have not really improved much today. I feel really energy less and my throat is extremely sore. I hope I don't have to talk that much during school today. If I wake up feeling the same way tomorrow I'll take the day off. I was supposed to run this morning but it did not happen. This is not a very good start to the week. Right now all I really want is to feel better.
In better news, my modest twin sister, Liz, just set a HUGE pr this weekend in a 5k race. She was the race leader for the first two miles in a very competitive field. She ran a splendid 17.45, just 8 months after giving birth to her adorable daughter Sage! I am very happy for her. You can congratulate her at www.eliterunning.com/liz
Posted by mary at April 30, 2007 9:37 AM
Comments
Mary, your story about cleaning out the attic is a good one; memory lane...ahhh! Maybe you and I could go to one of those places you still haven't been. Thank YOU for thte congrats on my race... Liz :)
Posted by: Liz at April 30, 2007 1:50 PM
you and your sister are both very motivated and talented
Posted by: john at April 30, 2007 2:21 PM
Hope you feel better soon Mary! Take care of yourself!!
Posted by: Beth at April 30, 2007 2:44 PM
feel better soon!
Posted by: haley at April 30, 2007 10:14 PM
backing off on the training now sounds good, I hope you are feeling better...
Posted by: jody at May 1, 2007 10:18 AM