Laughably Horrible Two Weeks

Sometime life just gives you crap. The last 2 weeks have been a horrible start to my Philly Marathon hopes. Following the heel fiasco I got a head cold that sidelined me Friday, kept me up coughing every night and diminished my training tremendously this week. I have managed a few workouts - despite the sickness/allergies/whatever.

• Monday I did a strength/run combo with my wife in a hot/humid/bug-infested field. I actually felt ok - but only managed ~18 minutes of strength and running.
• Tuesday, feeling a little better I took the kidos to the Stockton college track - hoping to get what I thought was a very doable workout in: 4x800s. Easy right? To start, the infield of the track just had an application of fertilizer and workers there warned that the kids probably shouldn't be playing out there. So with bored kids and more hot weather and only managed 2x800 - with warmup, maybe 2.5 miles.
• Wednesday I was back to work in CT, but felt horrible so I didn't do anything.
• Thursday, I attempted a swim - thinking I should probably get something in before next week's Triathlon. I did about 10 minutes of swimming in choppy water. It felt horrible - hopefully it's more the cold than my swim conditioning - but I'll find out next week.
• Finally today - somewhat pissed at my health - I did 7.5 miles. I should mention - the weather the last two days has been fantastic - so at least that's been good.

Next week'll be a little tricky. Assuming I'm feeling better - I'll still be a little constrained by the Triathlon on Wednesday. What I'm thinking is: Monday - run at lunch (intervals) and bike home. Tuesday bike into work (greb at lunch). Wednesday - just the tri swim - and maybe a run after I dry off. Thursday, off at lunch or easy swim and strength train at home. Friday - long run. I'll be jumping for joy if I can get all that in - and feel ok/good doing it (I'll settle for ok at this point).

Week 6 Recap

Week 6 ended with a bit of a whimper. I felt worse Friday than I did all week - still made it out for a short 4 miler - just around Avery Point and back up. We're in the process of a moving at home - so I packed and moved boxes all weekend - but felt sick even then. I didn't do my long run yesterday. I'm thinking this week I'll aim for: short run today, off Tuesday, swim or long run Wednesday and then get the other 2 workouts in Thursday and Friday. If I can get a run in today - I can backlog and finish up the last 3 days. We'll see. Hopeful this congestion will go away.

Summer Weekend

So we almost saw the balloons in the air Sunday morning in Wakefield. It was still a fun trip: we did manage to see the last balloon in the air giving rides, and then watched the model airplane hobbiest fly planes in the air. The kids liked the petting zoo - amazing how little ones react to animals. The day ended with a 2 mile round-trip hike from our 'hood to the Mystic-Noank library for a little music and ice cream with some of our neighbors.

In retrospect, I should have ran the 2 miles - since I'll again be struggling with getting a decent weekly mileage. I did go out for a nice run Monday - 5.3 miles, but have developed a sore throat and low grade cold feel the last few days - similar to last month. Hopefully this one won't turn into the z-pac requiring sinus infection that last months did. It may just be a passin virus since the Nasonex doesn't seem to be making much of a difference. Anyway, I skipped my biking yesterday and then did the run/swim today - since it's pretty low impact: good for 2.7 miles running and 3 eq.miles in the water. Hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow and be good for the round-trip bike.