Denial

Everything was all fine and good. Then Monday night right before bed my throat started to burn/itch/get sore. I ignored it, like maybe I yawned to big or something crazy made it feel funny.

I woke up Tuesday morning and my throat was all dry and scratchy, so was my chest. It felt like there was sawdust in my chest. I ate a cough drop and felt better. I worked all day and felt alright. We had a track interval run planned, which is hard for us to fit into our schedule… so I was determined to do the workout.

We ran a total of 4 miles, with 4 - 300meter fast intervals. I just kinda made up the workout to see how it would feel. It was good. I wish I had more time for track running. My left shin has been barking at me for a few days. This I’d like to ignore as well.

So I woke up this morning, feeling even yuckier than I did yesterday. Throat sore, chest tight. I HATE getting a chest cold. I’m still in total denial that a chest cold is looming. Nope, it’s something else. I have this dry cough… yuck.

I got some Kid’s Mucinex this morning. The full adult dose makes me loopy. I just take a 12yr old’s dose, I figured I’m still about the size that I was when I was 12. Went through puberty and never grew any more! So, I’m hoping that I’ll feel better soon.

Have a 5 mile treadmill run planned for tonight on my training schedule. Hmmmm…. I really don’t want to miss it AT ALL, then I try to convince myself that I’d be better off resting and getting better.

The Sweetheart 12K is Saturday. I’ll be super pissed if I can’t run that due to being sick. I know I should let my shin rest some. But I don’t WANT TO! I WANT to RUN! Blah. Not fair. Oh well. I guess I have until 5PM when I get off work to decide what I want to do about it.