What are the odds?

It's not too often now that I DNS a race. But this illness hit at a time when I happened to be signed up for two races! I started to feel much better but knew I could not run a half marathon. The lungs would not allow that. So I planned to cheer for K who was also signed up for the half marathon and then meet him on course to run him in the last few miles. 

Well, the odds were pretty good that he'd get my crud and race day, he woke up not feeling great. So we both dropped down to the 8k distance at the Cinqo de Mayo Half and 8k in Snoqualmie. Quite a few other friends were running various distances and we'd heard good things about this race. We've done other events by this race director and they are really nice. We hope eventually that the race director will realize a portopotty or two at teh start besides just relying on the (admittedly nice) school restrooms would be a good thing! 

So 5 glorious miles later, we were both happy.  I ended up placing 3rd in my AG even at the nice easy pace which felt rather hard for being sick! It's a nice event and I hope to do it again when I am feeling at my best!

Cross Training?

Still sick here. And yes I did go for a short run to loosen up my legs, my back and the snot in my head.  I felt pretty good after 2 miles but that was enough.  Work deadline has not been fun. I would normally have no trouble taking a day off if I'm not feeling good and don't want to spread the crud about at work.  Oh well with this deadline.  I had to go and spent all day running around.  Oh yes. Up stairs too.  This book was released this year and I've always wanted to look at it and check out the stairways i see when I'm out running.  

The Goal Race

It's that race that you've targeted as the race you want to train for specifically.  All out.  The training has been focused on this day for sometimes months.  And the day before? You wake with a sore throat, tight lungs, achy body and some general crud which causes a fair bit tissue usage (sneezey and drippy nose!).  It's disappointing to say the least.  Best laid plans and all that.

Knowing myself, I know my itchy, tight lungs won't let me race a longer distance race.  There are some race options to consider over the next couple weeks.Ugh. I was looking forward to being done with half marathon training and seeing what I could do!