aztimm's training blog

it had been since Monday 1/10 that I did anything workout-related, but I hardly count that right now. I swam (3800m) and ran (11.87 very slow miles), but I think I was delirious, especially on the run, as my pace was somewhere around 9:20.

anyway, I caught something that set me back quite a bit. not sure if it was the flu, but certainly flu-like, with fever, coughing, sneezing, stuffy head, overall body soreness, etc. thankfully I am able to work from home, and did that Wed-Friday. by late Thursday, I had enough and went to the urgent care. the doctor prescribed an antibiotic and some prescription cough syrup.

today I decided to go out for a little run.
I did have my Garmin, but it died somewhere around 3.5 miles. took the dog with me, but she wasn't feeling too well (I won't go into detail on that). I think I ran around 4 miles, held around 8:35 pace overall.

at this point, I'm not sure if I'll still do the marathon I signed up for next month, switch to the half, or just skip it entirely. around 2 years ago, I caught something horrible while on vacation, didn't run at all for 3 weeks, and still managed to finish (though it wasn't pretty) the Phoenix marathon around a month later. my training has been much better this time, so I might be ok.