I woke up with a bad sore throat, stuffy nose and headache. I don't think I have ever run that slowly in my life. I really might have just walked. I started slow and thought I'd warm up, but my legs felt like socks filled with sand the whole way. On top of the flu/cold I have to travel to DC now. I completley forgot about this trip and had scheduled at least 3 important things this weekend. My poor daugter-- has a pool party this weekend is now freaking out that I'm not going to be home. She's really nervous about this dumb thing. I think a pool party for jr. high school is about the cruelest thing you could ever do to a 13 year old girl or boy for that matter. But she's determined to go anyway. In the meantime, I've got to figure when and where to run 20 miles this weekend. It's always unnerving to try and pull off a long run in less familiar territory. I think I may hit the Mt. Vernon Trail. | 