Day 71, 294 To Go

March 12, 2013

There is sickness in my house.  My little Derek is sick.  He must have caught something at the party this weekend.  I can practically see the germs floating around my house.  They are stalking me.  They want to infect me so I can't run.  If I catch what he has, I will have a fever and I'll be throwing up.  Neither of those symptoms are good if you want to run. 

For now, it is just affecting my little boy.  The poor little thing.  Children always seem so shocked when they throw up.  That all changes when they get to college.  Then they are shocked when they don't throw up.  At least that was my experience.

Anyway, as I hid in my room/office today avoiding the sickness, I tried to ignore the bad news I received yesterday and I worked hard...but just until 5:00.  I have a sick kid to take care of, of course!

My run today was serviceable.  Nothing special about it.  I have been doing some push ups and squats and various other exercises throughout the day to keep my body strong.  They may affect my run tomorrow, but for today, I was fine.  I just took another easy day.

Here are my numbers:

Time: 15:00

Distance: 1.54 miles

Pace: 9:45/m

Max Pace: 8:35/m

Calories: 197

Avg HR: 130

Max HR: 142

Long distance running will weaken your immune system.  Any hard effort will temporarily weaken your immune system, so I felt it was a good idea to take it easy.  Now, I am off to make my little boy comfortable.  I'll be wearing scuba gear to avoid his germs, but I doubt he will mind.  I just hope he doesn't get scared...

Run for life!