Not So Much Running…

By the time I got home from the Tulsa half marathon three weeks ago I was completely worn out. I took a nap, which I try to never do on Sundays, and I was still tired. When The Walking Dead was on later that night I had a cough and could barely stay awake long enough to see one of my favorite shows.

Monday rolled around and I called my doctor and got in to see him Monday afternoon. The diagnosis? Upper respiratory infection. Armed with a z-pak, prednisone and cough medicine with codeine I was on my way. Thinking I would be feeling better in a day or two.

I knew that I was in no mood for running. I had decided during the half marathon that I was going to take a little break. I was worn out and not having fun and really needed a little break.

Thanksgiving was a couple of days later, which meant the Turkey Day 5k. I had so much fun at this race last year. I was bummed that I was not going to feel up to running, so I talked Josh into signing up and going for a 3 mile walk with me.

The weather was wonderful!

He’s smiling even though I made him get up early.

Rochelle stopped by after her 8+ mile run to walk a few blocks with us.

There was a Tim sighting at the OK Runner water stop!

It was a great day, I just love seeing friends out at local races. While I was sad to not run that day I still wasn’t really missing running, my motivation was about zero. That’s fine though, with my hacking cough I thought it best to take it easy.

The following Thursday, I met Rochelle and Patti for a nice easy 4.5 mile run from my house. I was fine when we were moving but whenever we stopped I would again start hacking. It had been a week and a half since I had been to the doctor and I still had a cough, felt tired, and just didn’t feel like myself. I stuck to other non-running workouts and lots of baking until last Tuesday.

I called my doctor and told him I still wasn’t feeling better. He called in another antibiotic for me, which was filled by my pharmacy about the exact time Josh got home from work and swinging by Target to pick up more cough drops and Mucinex. Nothing better than a husband that will turn right around and drive across town again to pick up your meds.

The antibiotic was one I had never heard of and I could tell after just a few minutes that it wasn’t going to work for me. My tongue, ears and face started getting very itchy and while I tried to convince myself that maybe I was imagining it after a little bit of it not going away I had to take two Benadryl and turn myself into a walking zombie for the rest of the evening.

I again called my doctor and went to see him last Wednesday. Turns out my upper respiratory infection had turned into Bronchial Pneumonia. No wonder I felt like I couldn’t breathe. I left armed with another antibiotic and an inhaler. I even took a sick day last Thursday. I spend the day catching up with The Newsroom on HBO just in time to see the last episode of the series air last night.
It’s been three weeks since I started to not feel well, and how do I feel now? Not fabulous. I have gone through more tissues than I can count. (I actually ran out at work today.) I am completely sick of coughing until I feel like I might throw up, I am tired of feeling like I can’t take a deep breath, and

I am so tired of feeling tired.

And I am starting to be bummed about my lack of running. After three weeks off I am going to have to get back into shape before I can run with any of my group. It’s so frustrating.

Sick Day, But Not For Me...

My Thursday started off with hill repeats; brutal, horrible, I can't breathe hill repeats. We only did 3.79 miles by my Garmin and I was so glad when we were done. It was weird to be home by 6:00.

Camy was't feeling well ls night a she was already awake after I got home and was still not feeling well. We decided that I would get her into the doctor and let her get some sleep today.

I had breakfast before I took Carson to school.

Chocolate Frosted Mini Wheats with a banana and almond milk.

While Camy took a nap, I snuck out to a hot yoga class. I love when I can take a class at a time that I normally can't. I don't think I have ever sweat so much in my life. After how horrible the hill repeats were it was nice to feel amazing after yoga.

I went and got Camy some chicken noodle soup and 7-Up, because that's what you need if you aren't feeling well. Unless it's the stomach flu, then you need 7-Up and jello.

We had a little time to kill before we went to the doctor, so we watched a movie.

I had not seen the remake of Footloose, and Camy had not seen the original, so we decided to watch it. I can't decide if I liked it more than the original, but Camy did like it. There were some differences, but overall I thought they did a very good job.

Then we headed to the doctor's office.

She doesn't look that sick.

She was smiling before they came in and did the strep test. No flu, no strep, looks like it is just a cold. We went to Target to get a humidifier and some Mucinex. We picked up some ice cream, and these...

Not too bad.

Rochelle texted me a beautiful picture last night, and I just had to go see for myself.

The new Brooks Ravenna 4, they weren't supposed to be out until February. They are so cute! I haven't bought them yet, I had to get them put in the budget. I am excited to have two pairs of shoes to rotate in my training. I am totally a Brooks girl, but I have been happy with the New Balance shoes I have been running in for the last month or so.

I could probably tell you what model of New Balance these are, but I just don't know. I do like these shoes though. I had one small issue with a blister on the inside of my right foot but my favorite shoe expert made me an insert that has helped eliminate that problem. I am still very excited to get my new pair of kicks.

I almost forgot something funny that happened yesterday morning. We told Penny to get in the kennel, but then we couldn't find Rocky anywhere. Then we realized what had happened.

Penny got in the same kennel with Rocky. Good thing we were paying attention because Rocky isn't one to complain much. Oh yeah, and there was this...

I love my girls.

 

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TGIF...

Today was a rest day. I love that about Friday. Although, if you are counting, that would be rest day number three this week. I don't feel guilty about it at all.

The day started with a little drama.

Carson forgot about an assignment that was due today until about 7:15 this morning. She got out her laptop and I tried to help her with her Propaganda poster about a biography she read about Ben Franklin. I'm not gonna lie to you, there were some tears and a little yelling. While this was going on, Penny decided to throw up. So while the tears and the yelling was going on I had to get the steam cleaner out and fill it up and make Camy us it.

Overall, it was not the best start to the day.

I had to stop by the doctor after work because my sinuses have decided to be a pain in the arse. After a swing by Target to pick up my meds I decided I could not go any farther without getting gas.

That's not the temperature, that's the miles until empty. Technically I could have gotten home, but I decided I had put it off long enough. I really hate putting gas in my car.

I got home and gave the doggies one of their new dog treats I picked up for them at Target.

They seem to have liked them. I wonder if I could convince either of my kiddos to try them. They have both tasted the homemade dog treats I have made.

I am gonna call it a night. I have 16 miles planned for in the morning. Six of which will be me running to OK Runner to meet everyone. I get very nervous about running in the dark by myself, but I'm just gonna go for it. I don't know what it is about distances farther than a half marathon, but it just makes me nervous planning runs that are 13+ miles. I am going to try to not think about it. I might even have a little music on my run.

 

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WIAW Recovering From a Stomach Flu...

My WIAW post is actually about what I ate on Wednesday.

After only having a little bit of jello in 36 hours, my stomach and I decided to give it another try today.

Breakfast was easy, toast with jelly and a granola bar.

Who needs a picture of toast with jelly, right? I bought these granola bars hoping that the kiddos might like them, but I don't think they have even tried them.

I was actually pretty hungry by lunch time, it seems that laying around watching episodes of Alias on Netflix can really work up an appetite. Since it was kinda rainy all day I decided to go for a classic, grilled cheese and tomato soup.

Yes, those are Goldfish crackers in my soup. You should try it. Trust me.

I had my watter bottle filled all day with grape Nuun, and Penny snuggled with me most of the day.

She really is a great snuggler. She only snores a little bit and she is not near as gassy as Rocky tends to be. I think she is going to be disappointed when she has to go back to spending the day in her kennel tomorrow.

I'm not sure what we are having for dinner tonight, I had big plans of making spaghetti and garlic bread but I haven't decided if I'm up to it.

Here is a random picture of food from this past week.

This was a burrito made with part of a potato, fake sausage and spinach frittata I made over the weekend with a little salsa and Laughing Cow cheese and sweet potato Pop Chips. Pop Chips are dangerous! I have a hard time not eating the whole bag in a single serving.

In other news, I missed another run this morning. Six easy miles to celebrate my friend Patti heading off to the Happiest Place on Earth tomorrow.

That's Patti on the right. She is running the Disney marathon on Sunday and I am insanely jealous. Quite a few of our running friends are going and we even have one doing the Goofy Challenge, a half marathon on Saturday followed by the marathon on Sunday.

I am going to get back in the swing of things with yoga at the local Lululemon store tomorrow night and a long run on Saturday. Not sure how far I am running with my Maybe Cowtown Training Plan that consists of just letting Craig tell me how far to run, but no matter what it won't be as great as running with Mickey Mouse.

I better go figure out dinner.

 

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A Missed Hill Workout...

There is not much worse than waking up in the middle of the night to spend an extended amount of time in the bathroom, but that is exactly how my day started. I got up at 2 am the first time and I have spent the entire day feeling like total crap.

I had planned to meet the girls for hill repeats, but I knew early on that I wasn't going to make it. I hate missing a good workout.

I slept off and on all day, and tried to rehydrate myself with a water bottle full of grape Nuun. Nuun, it's not just for post-run hydration, you can also use it for hangovers and stomach viruses.

The dogs didn't realize the doors of their kennels were open until this afternoon. Rocky hung out on the black couch and at about 2 pm when I couldn't lay in bed any longer Penny joined me on the couch. Then they waited with me until the girls got home from school.

Overall, a totally crappy day. I had a little bit of jello, but food is not my friend. Maybe we can work on rebuilding our relationship tomorrow.

 

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