Of Mice and Marathons

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Megan and I went to see friends in Ann Arbor. I canceled classes for Monday. Feeling roughly the same. Not much better. Cough is less persistent, but still present.

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Slept all day. Not a ton better, but somewhat better (I think). Thought I might hear about chest x-ray results, but maybe tomorrow. I was really behind on my grading and am now buried. Trying to peck away at it.

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Slept less today. Called the doctor, but got no return call. Felt maybe just marginally better today.

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Felt better as the day went on. Did not sleep much or well last night. Going to still go through the second round of antibiotics. Hoping to do some light and short jogging by the start of next week. Definitely need at least 3 more days. Need to be pretty conservative for a while I am afraid.

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Finally heard back from the doctor. Chest x-ray negative for pneumonia.

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Still not 100%. Lingering cough. Going on 2 weeks for that.

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Obviously did not run the 50k, which means I will not have raced in the 2019 year, a first since 2011. Making some changes to 2020. No more perpetual buildups. I am marking down races and doing the best I can do with the time I have between now and the first race and then between races. Not in the shape I want to be before the race? Well, too bad. Race the dang thing and move on.

2019 has not been a great year for running. Had several decent and good bike races though.

The winning times for the 50k were around 7:15 pace, which I might have been able to do in a flat race, but there looked to be some elevation gain. Not a lot, but more than I can generally find here.