El Burro Blanco

I was crazy sick this weekend with a head cold and a lot of congestion in my lungs. I ended up staying home from work and tried to sleep to get better. I ended up going out in the afternoon trying to loosen all the crude out of my lungs. I was successful but I still was not feeling much better. I survived but not excited about being sick. Not a ton of energy.

I didn't sleep at all last night and still did not feel 100%. I ended up staying home from work since I could barely breath and was coughing a lot. I needed to be on the safe side. Once again I kept sleeping and doing a lot of the Emergen-C. That seemed to help and I decided to go back out this afternoon to see how I felt. I felt a little better but still not great. I went all through Ivins hacking and coughing but it helped loosen up the congestion in my lungs. 

Yoga later this evening with Katey which felt really good.

Morning run with the guys. I actually felt alright. I had Norah's humidifier in the room and I slept great. I woke up and felt ready to go for the day. We kept it relaxed and casual which is the way it usual is. Nothing exciting to report but just getting it in. 

Another 6.15 miles with some of the girls this afternoon. We did the Webb Hill extension route. Nice and warm this which helped make for a nice run.

Hopefully I can salvage the rest of the week.

Still cannot get over this cough. I slept in to see if that helped and it did a little bit. I ran a few miles with the team this afternoon and then tacked on 11 more with my Bloomington Loop/DC trail route. Actually felt pretty good and averaged 6:35/mile. Hopefully I can finish strong this week.

Got up this morning and ran around Ivins and then out along Highway 91. A little chilly but I felt good nonetheless. I will add a few more this evening and then shoot for a solid 20 mile trail run tomorrow with the animal Dave!

Another 7 miles this afternoon. Absolutely perfect running weather. I ran 4 miles up tempo with Darian out along the strip and then I went over to the bridge and back. Hopefully tomorrow goes well. I am starting to finally feel good again.

Ran with Dave this morning out on Utah Hill. Nice and chilly for the first loop. I was a little tired and could still feel some sickness in the legs on the hills. I was a little worried if I would last after the first loop. We ran back down to our vehicles and I drank some Powerade and ate some granola bars which gave me a little pep in my step. Dave suggested that we do the full loop for a 2nd time to get 28 miles for the day. I knew being sick all week and not feeling great on the first loop would add up to not being a great end to this run. I finally convinced Dave to just go back out for 3 miles and then we came back. We will save the longer stuff for a little later. Ended up hitting 7:21/mile. Nothing crazy exciting but a solid trail run nonetheless.

Happy to finish this week on a fairly positive note considering I was sick all week. Hopefully I can get feeling better so next week is much better. Dave is an animal!