run, run, run

Cancun, Mexico 7:45 am

5.01 miles

Pace: 8:03

Felt really bad starting out again, but held on until I turned around at 2.5 miles and then started breathing a lot better and running stronger, finishing at a decent pace. Hopefully this means that I'm finally starting to shake this cold.

The best part of the run was the end, when I showered off at the beach showers and took a dip in the pool.

1:00 pm

3.03 miles

Pace: 9:41

Weather was kind of bad today, so we left the beach in late morning. After lunch I decided to go for a short run barefoot on the beach. It was fun, but challenging. Running in the sand is difficult and I had a head-wind. When I turned around and the wind was at my back, it was easier to run, but I then realized that the head-wind was the only thing keeping me cool.

The worst part was that the sand here isn't as pure as on some of the beaches I've been to in Hawaii and the Virgin Islands. There are a lot of small shells and shell fragments.

Apparently I stepped on one and my right big toe is now sore with a red spot on it. I'll find out tomorrow morning if it will affect my running the rest of the week.

 Cancun, Mexico 7:00 am

Pace: 7:53

Best run of the week. Still had to stop and hack a couple of times, but kept up a good pace and felt relatively good doing it. The only thing is that I think my chest cold has move northward and become a sinus problem. I had a bit of a headache right between the eyes.

The toe felt good though. I couldn't even feel it with my shoes on.

After the run I went straight to the beach (actually, I went straight to the can, then I went to the beach) and dove into the ocean. Then my wife and I hung out on the beach for a while before leaving for the airport. I wish I could have enjoyed the beach more this morning. I just kind of laid on the chair with a towel over my head hoping the headache would go away. It got kind of bad, I felt like I'd been punched in the face. Could be a long travel day.

Spanish Fork, UT 6:30 am

I ran in to work this morning. Still haven't shaken that cold. Felt really good running, when I wasn't coughing and hacking.

Boise, ID 9:30 am

Pace: 7:59

Not really feeling it this morning. I took yesterday off because I still had the cold and was considering going to the doctor. I didn't want to have to tell the doctor that I was sick, but had gone running anyway.

I didn't see a doctor and felt better today, but had a kind of sluggish run. I made Saturday morning pancakes with the kids (one bannana nut, one blueberry and one Captain Crunchberry). Usually pancakes make me run better (actually it's waffles, but isn't that the same thing?) but today they were draggin' me down. I picked up the pace a bit during the last mile to get the overall pace under 8 but never really felt good.