Believe to Achieve

Sweated out my fever and sore throat all last night.  So glad for ibuprofen.  The pain in my throat yesterday with swallowing was intense--- but an hour after ibuprofen---MIRACLE.  Then I would sweat like crazy.  I did that at least five times in the last two days.   I felt weak going to bed and still achy.  But I awoke with a little more energy.  Ahhhhh amazing what a full NIGHTS sleep can do for your body.  I think the longest amount of sleep I got on vacation was 6.5 hours.  Was going to run outside, was even dressed for it with running tights (got to wear shorts every day in California).  But it was pouring out so I went to the rec with Troy at 8:10am.  Plan to run 8 miles but I was feeling better and better that I ran 10.  Not totally recovered from flu but enough that I could run 10 miles at a decent pace.  I even added hills.  I pretty much started out at 8:27 pace miles and every quarter I had the incline at 1 % then 3 % then 2% then after the 0.75 miles I would up the pace by 0.1 mph.  I did this until mile 6 which I was then at 7:41 pace (although  I upped it to 9mph for about 20 seconds).  Then I ran til tm was about to shut off. 59:38 for 7.5 miles.  Got a drink for my dried mucosy throat and got on for 2.5 more miles.  Started at 8:00 pace for 1/4 mile at 1% the 1/8 mile at 3 % then 1/8 mile at 2%, then upped the pace by 0.1 miles. Repeated til I was at 2.5 miles--except last turn I upped pace to 9.7 mph for final 30 seconds.  19:14 for 2.5 miles.  AP for 10 hilly miles = 7:53.  Quite the Detox run.  No sign of PF in my feet. In fact feet felt the best they have in a long time.  : D.

10 miles at rec around track. 65 laps. tm makes go fast. just had digital clock on wall each lap. ap 8.  lot of running around to fourth lane but not stressful. got bloody nose from dry air. kept running til 6 miles then washed off and got water.  y end i dry heaved up some stomach fluids out of no where and now lying in bed with most likely stomach flu. i feel like i could vomit at any moment. achy all over mostly stomach cramps and that feeling u get in your throat. gross. i have been lyong down all morning. this came with no warning. sore throat and chills all weekend now this?

holy flu miles.  i felt a bit btr and managed to get out at 1030am.  all sunny from the looks of it from inside my house but geez I needed a head band and gloves along with pants!!  whatever!!  first mile so very weak.  9:36  : (   that is as much as I could muster.  just kept putting one foot in front of the other.  yesterday was one my most miserable days of my life.  I finally ended up vomited my guts out around 4.  Who knew one could vomit that much fluid and debris.  sorry tmi but i am a nurse.  felt much btr but that only lasted an hour or less then the body aches came on again and high fever.  i took a chance and took some motrin.  i could not take the body aches any longer.  it kicked in within an hour and was able to take a short nap pain free.  but back again came the aches......this happened all night.  i finally dozed at 730 am after troy got the kids off to school.  so sad to watch the morning sun and not be a part of the world but it was necessary.  slowly but surely changed into running gear.  looking good is feeling good right?  ha.  AP 8:34 for 8 miles.  slowly made my way around my house doing laundry and then showered.  now i feel nauseated again.  ate a banana before run and two pieces of toast afterwards.  i have lost five pounds even with drinking over 32 ounces of gatorade and water....slowly of course.  I was wicked thristy through all this.   VERY not helpful to have another visit from my cousin.  Her timing is always impeccable.  Gotta love her!!! 

7 nauseatinv miles......going to throwup soon.  geez.here my %eet dont hirt but my stomach and muscles are weak.i feel wicked depressed. no appetite. cramps. body aches. no adrenaline high. low as dirt. the way stomach flu makes anyone....but i m a runner......not just anyone! flip this is taking too long to pass. not running would make me feel even more depressed jist like ha ing to call in sicl for work. blah. lying down trying to hold cookies in.  didnt really eat cookies though. ap 8:23.

8 easy miles with 15 x30 sec strides/ 30 sec easy.  AP 7:41 for all 8.  With two left my right hamstring go real painful.  out of no where.  probably due to flu all week.  muscles kind of sick right now.  hope it goes away as fast as it came.  did hip/it band stretches.  most likely hip tight although doesn't feel it.  in fact nothing feels tights.  just a pulled nerve-like pain--scaitica per se.  paces on were all over the place--- sometimes I wanted to slow earlier so I did so it made the automatic garmin timer read it slower, of course.  Actually accidentally did 16 x 30.  I ran into my cooldown mode on my garmin.  ha ha.   Best paces 5:40 x 2.   AP for all 16...6:05  I think.    I definitely felt "squishy", like no hydration and weak but better than other days this week.    Long run with Kim tomorrow.  Early start of course.  Better start actually eating more sustaining foods than just toast with butter. 

just should never have run. very serious. sickly tired when i awoke. more than usual.  right hamstring quite tight and very sore. i wore skirt and felt warm even thoigb it was 39 degrees. tried not to disappoint kim so ran quicker but not too quick . just quicker than how i usually run this route. i would have felt bad either way. my miscles were weak and dehydrated from 7 day illness....started with sore tbroat last friday night...then fever/chills...then vomiting tuesday...then again thursday.  lots of sweating off fevers with motrin.  it was like one of last years runs...jist notbing in me. wanted to quit when kim left me to do tempo. it was very depressing for me to not feel one ounce of good. got home and my body was burning in areas...didnt realize how cold it really was...had some red marks on chest, stomach and all over back. felt like a wicked sunburn when thawing. i may take mon to wednes off to recoup. 744ap.