Oxygen Deprived: A Head Cold and a New Pair of Shoes

I started to blog yesterday but after several minutes decided it was to negative and abandoned it. Today, though not feeling much better I thought I would give it another try.

There hasn't been much running to talk about this week as along with my busy schedule I've also had some annoying allergies accompanied by what seems to be a head cold. I was weak and achy on Wednesday and yesterday it started moving into my chest. Despite this yesterday afternoon I was feeling a little better and so I left work a tad early in an attempt to get home and run before the pending afternoon rain shower which was off glooming in the north. But, by the time I got home I had missed my opportunity as the wind and rain had already arrived. I felt defeated at this point and decided to eat dinner as I was pretty hungry. Well, by the time I finished eating (maybe 10 or 15 minutes later) it was absolutely beautiful outside. Blue skies, nice cool breeze and the late afternoon sun was brightly shining on the mountians. I couldn’t possibly run now that I just ate dinner but the kids and I did manage to get a nice bike ride in though. Which helped curve the insanity I was starting to feel from being inactive most of the week.

With determination I woke this morning and proceeded to get a decent 6.5 mile run in. My paces were okay, nothing great - it was just good to be running. I'm still not feeling that well so my sinuses and a slight cough bothered me a little but all in all it was a good run. It was also my first chance to use my new Brooks Adrenalines. This is my first time every using a shoe from Brooks and so far I really like the fit and the comfort and it was a pretty smooth ride too. Though I've been wanting to try a new shoe for a while now, I normally wouldn't switch to a new pair just days before a race but my other shoes were getting extremely wore out. I did notice some slight pains in my legs towards the end of my run but I think that was just my lack of running this week coupled with not feeling all that great. My feet felt fine!

I haven’t had a chance to log my workouts from Monday and this morning yet so I could reference them here. All I know is I’m not going to get caught up in what could have been, I just want to relax, run like the wind and enjoy the ½ marathon on Monday. I just really hope I feel well, is that asking too much?

Comments

Good luck on your half marathon! You're going to do great.

I hated the Adrenalines, btw. They felt heavy.

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Good luck with the 1/2 marathon, I'll check back in next week to see how it went. Good to see you back by the way.

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