Day 37, Vol 1

I feel like I'm almost back to normal today after fighting a cold all last week. I can barely remember last week to be honest. When I'm sick it's like my brain looses all capability to function like a normal human being's. I misplace everyday objects (I looked for my iPod Sunday for at least 20 minutes before realizing it was right where I though it was). I say sentences that only an alien from planet Zoogt would understand and I forget the simplest things (I yelled for Finn, the cat, to come in from outside for about 5 minutes on Saturday before my husband reminded me I brought him in the house already).

I only ended up missing one of my short runs last week and I feel like I made the right decision to rest instead. I went to bed early Friday and made up my Thursday run on Saturday morning. It wasn't nice out at all on Saturday, actually I think it was raining pretty hard, so I ran 4 miles on the treadmill.

Sunday I ran my long run. I still wasn't 100% better but I couldn't put it off another day or I would have really been behind. It was already 74 degrees with 95% humidity at 6:30 a.m. so I opted to run on the treadmill again. I knew running on the treadmill for the better part of an hour and a half in our unfinished basement would be dreadfully boring so I downloaded some free audio podcasts to occupy my mind while running: PRI's This American Life, BBC's Woman's Hour and BBC's Silver Street (a radio soap opera). I'm hooked on Silver Street now and can't wait to find out what happens in the next episodes! This American Life was great and I only made it about 5 minutes into Woman's Hour before finishing 8 miles in about 92 minutes. My pace is a lot slower on the treadmill than when I'm running outside so I feel really good about next week's 9 mile run now. I should be able to finish in about the same time if all goes well.

Yesterday I picked up some GT's Organic Raw Kombucha. I was warned the flavor isn't the greatest but I tried it today and I don't mind it at all. In fact, I enjoy it. It's full of probiotics, B vitamins, and lactic acid (the latter two being great for runners). It's suppose to be great for digestion, immune system health and a slew of other things. I'm going to try it for a few days and see if it does anything for me. For all of you who know what a strong dose of B vitamins will do; yes, I will be drinking this long before I head out for a run.

I feel refreshed this week after surviving last week. Training won't get any easier in the coming weeks but I am energized and ready for what lies ahead!