Thursday, April 12, 2012

Just a feeling

I'm sick.

Or, I'm getting sick.

Or, maybe, I think I might be getting sick.

Any way you look at, one thing is clear: I don't feel the way I'd like to just two days out from a half marathon.


I felt fine yesterday morning but began to notice symptoms when I was sitting in an off-site epic work meeting. I felt, almost, well, stuffy. I could breathe but I had the urge to constantly blow my nose. When the 4.5-hour meeting was over, I was exhausted. Wiped. I just wanted to nap. And blow my nose. I decided, though, to keep my spin plans and headed to the gym.

Spin was great. I didn't feel bad or overly tired. I kept up with the instructor and felt strong throughout. I left breathing A-OK.

As I settled in for the night, the symptoms returned. By the time I went to bed, I couldn't breathe through my nose. My throat was sore when Miles woke up at 11:30 (so much for a repeat performance). When he got up again at 5, I was tired, cranky and an overall mess. I briefly considered skipping my run to rest, especially ahead of Saturday's race, but I thought it would be in my best interest to go out. The illness was above my head, and running always seems to do wonders for drainage.

I set out for three miles and knew if I had to turn back, I would. I coughed a bit. I snorted a lot. I spit even more. I didn't feel fantastic by any stretch of the imagination but I could breathe. Officially in taper, I didn't feel bad about going slower and taking a bit longer breaks at street crossings.

My symptoms seemed slightly better once I finished up but I was nowhere near 100 percent. I'm hoping that a stockpile of Zicam, Emergen-C and lozenges and hydrating my butt off will help.

It has two days.

12 comments:

  1. Way to give that "feeling" an eviction notice!

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  2. Hope you feel better Kim!! Good luck this weekend!!

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  3. Get the over the counter (the kind you sign for) Mucinex. It's crazy powerful and will help drain you out fast. FEEL BETTER!!!

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  4. Ugh that is frustrating, I really hope you start to feel better!

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  5. Ick. Hope you feel better for your run!!

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  6. Oh no, hope you feel better by Saturday!

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  7. Aargh! Hope it's just taper madness, and that it melts away by race morning!

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  8. Oh no!!! I hope you start feeling better really soon. Rest up, take all those meds and eat well. Maybe a few days of rest will help your body heal and you will wake up race morning feeling super good. :)

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  9. Are we living parallel lives right now? I am also sick with the race two days out! What makes it worse is that the weather on Sunday, rain/snow mix. Awesome.

    I hope you feel better by race day!

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  10. Girl - no wonder you mentioned a certain Zumba class . . . as a way to clear out ALL of your sickness bugs. Hmmm, I definitely hope your feeling better and ready to rock the race tomorrow!!!! Hugs and wishing you the bestest run ever!!!!!

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