Monday, February 4, 2008
Feb 4th Lessons Learned
It does not matter how long you have been running, how fast or slow you run, where or when you train....you (and that includes me) can learn something every day about running and yourself. I have been dealing with a cold since last weekend, I ran 6 Tuesday, and felt pretty good...Thursday I did not feel great but had the mid week run scheduled so I ran 4 and that was ok....Saturday I ran 12 miles through Mahwah up and down the hills and struggled a bit....but no cold was going to hold me down...it was only a cold so no need to slow down...WRONG!!! I finally listened to those who were telling not to run in Mahwah again on Sunday with a group of friends...I stayed home ... rested...did not run...drank plenty of fluids and felt alot better....however my neighbor came home from work and I was walking the dog and he came out his front door and came over to me. He asked whether I had already run for the day...I said no and he asked me to join him on a 5 mile "jog"...he is training for a 5k and wants to beat his brother in law who beat him last year by 30 seconds...he has lost 38 pounds...and is running well...I said no but he sort of begged saying that it was his only chance of staying with me if I was not 100% so I relented and we did 4.6 miles in 36 minutes...which is 7.49.56521739130437 mile pace or in English 7:50 per mile ...sorry folks thats not a jog!!!!!! I felt fine afterwards and am still ok BUT I have learned my lesson......get rid of the chest cold first THEN start training again.
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Hi Bill,
I just checked your blog for the first time. Thanks for taking the time to write. Sorry to hear you are not feeling well. It's too late for you to use this, but I found AirShield to be an amazing product. A few days before the Disney marathon, I felt like I was getting a cold. My pharmacist recommended AirShield to support a healthy immune system. I took it every 4 hours, along with zinc echinacea losenges, and I was good to go. Hope you feel better soon -- there's nothing wrong with a couple blanks in your training log.
Thanks Maria and congrats on a great run at Disney. I typically take AirBorne whenever i feel soemthing coming on and did so this time but time was the only thing that worked...feel fine today (Tuesday).
I take Airborne whenever I am traveling and carry it on to the plabe to every race and take it as soon as I can upon sitting down...it was recommended by Melissa Muilenburg so she gets the credit.
Hope to see you at a training run soon.
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