Easy run + 10 x 10 sec. hill sprints. Average pace: 9:24. Followed by Shred level 2. 27-32°, 80% humidity, winds calm. I'm sick. I've got a stuffy head, a sore throat, and a dry hacking cough. I slept in until time to drive to seminary this morning. I'm working from home today because they don't want my germs in the office, so after the seminary drop off, I worked intermittently while I got the other kids off to school. Then I waited until about 9:00 and then went out for my run. I debated whether to run or not and then decided that if I had a fever I wouldn't run. I didn't have a fever, so out I went. I'm hoping that the deep breathing and the sweating will help me get rid of the gunk. I'm feeling pretty beat at the moment, but that's because I just finished the Shred. Getting up and down for the abs part of the Shred I discovered that I've got some bruises on the outside of my lower left leg. I'm sure it's from my fall during the race last Saturday because that's the part that I fell on. I wasn't sure how being sick would affect my pace today, so I just ran at a comfortable pace (except for the hill sprints). It turns out that being sick didn't make much of a difference. But I may find that I'm useless the rest of the day now. In any case, my splits on the 6 easy miles were 9:54, 9:31, 9:10, 9:03, 8:52, 8:57. I was a little slow on the first hill sprint but then I got going. My Garmin paces for the hill sprints (so take them with a grain of salt) were 7:05, 6:35, 5:56, 6:19, 5:58, 6:02, 5:42, 5:51, 6:19, 5:30. When I got home from my run and before I did the Shred I went to get a drink of water and I had no water pressure from my sink. I could hear water running, but the dishwasher, the washing machine, and the sprinklers were all off. I went outside and discovered that a pipe that is part of the sprinkler system but that is right by the outside control and is exposed, was broken and water was gushing out. I was able to turn off the water just to to the sprinkler system and not to the whole house and that took care of it. I guess it's time to get the sprinklers blown out for the winter and I'll have to see if the guy that does that for me can fix the broken pipe as well. This is a minor headache that I didn't need, but not really a big deal.
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