Hiatus

Well, I had been doing very well with my return to regular running up until three weeks ago and then I got sick. I was away the weekend of 1/31, 2/1 and missed my Sunday long run for that week.

On Monday evening at work, I started to feel bad. At first, I thought that I was just tired, but by Tuesday I was showing symptoms of a bad cold. I had a stuffy and runny nose, chest congestion and I just felt really awful. By the end of each night at work, I was drained and exhausted. The smart thing to do would have been to bag a day of work in an attempt to rest up and get better. You can see where this is going, can't you? I was very busy at work that week and just thought that I couldn't afford to take a day off. I struggled through the entire week at work feeling lousy and just trying to get through the week.

I did get some rest over that weekend, but come Sunday, I was still not feeling better. My ears were hurting and I was getting headaches in addition to the stuffiness and congestion, so I started to think that I may have a sinus infection. I took Monday off from work and went to see the doctor. He said that ten days is the rule they use for the dividing line between a cold and a sinus infection. He told me that if I didn't feel better by Thursday to call in to the office and they would prescribe something for a sinus infection. Still not feeling very well, I also took Tuesday off from work and pretty much slept most of the day. I did do some work from home and I was starting to feel a little better; although I was still congested and coughing.

It took me the rest of the week to start feeling somewhat normally again and I had a crazy schedule at work going in early for trainings. The end result of all this was that I didn't run or work out for two straight weeks due to being sick and then recovering. By last Monday, I felt mostly better and I got in my first workout in about three weeks. On Saturday, I finally went for my first run in over three weeks. I set out just to run three miles and get back in the swing of it, but once I was out there, I didn't feel too bad so I ended up running four instead.

I guess at this point that I'll get back on the road to building up my base mileage although I have a surgical procedure scheduled this coming Friday that will sideline my running for another week. I'm hoping to get in a few runs this week prior to the surgery so that I'll be in the groove again and can get right back to it after I've healed from the surgery.