I have bronchitis, yuck! Doesn’t my body know I am training for a marathon and have no time for this? After my wonderful run last week, Monday morning brought me two sick little girls but I valiantly fought it off until Thursday when I started to get head cold symptoms.
On Sunday I ran 14 miles with my group again and loved every mile. It is amazing how someone can tell a story and before you know it you’ve run 4 miles and not even looked at your watch once. Plus I love that Katie leads the way, keeps our pace steady, chooses new routes I’ve never done, and gets us back to our cars without going even a tenth of a mile over our goal for the day.
It wasn’t 3 hours after our run that the cold settled into my sinuses and by Monday it was in my chest. A quick trip to the doctor = bronchitis. And due to the extreme heat and humidity in the forecast he prescribed an inhaler.
Tuesday the 19th my beach volleyball partner went down to the beach for qualifying rounds. It was still 90 degrees at 7pm that night and I could hardly breathe. The good news was we jumped up to the next division; the bad news was my legs were so sore from volleyball that I skipped my speed work on Wednesday. Our regular volleyball night is Thursday, after yet another night of sweltering heat and the new tougher competition I again chose to skip my tempo run on Friday.
I did learn that despite skipping 2 runs this week my running didn’t suffer. Lucky for me and my bronchitis this weekend’s run was only 10 miles. Thanks Jody for running it with me on Saturday instead of the usual Sunday run due to family staying at our house for a reunion.
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