Road back from FAT!!!!!

Possibly the worst run of my life. I got the cold that is going arond. Meh. Went home and slept for 4 hours after the run. Took Tuesday off after not sleeping most of the night.feeling better though.

Met Riley Bret Jon and Ken at Wal-Mart for an easy run. Felt much better. Still had some coughs but not bad. Let's see how the next couple days go.

Ran from the hotel over to the convention center to pick up my packet and back with about .5 mile worth of strides. Still wasn't feeling great but wanted to try.

Met ben a the start for a warm up. Warmed up with Dave Holt and Clyde. Before the sun came up I was feeling ok just a bit cold. When the race started I tried to settle into about 5:30ish pace. Mile 1 was fine in 5:28 then miles 2-5 I hit 5:33 on every single mile felt ok just weezing a bit. Miles 6-7 were uphill and this is where my cold started wearing me down. Just felt weak. I was 5:50 and 5:51 on these two miles, but on mile 8 I was able to roll again in 5:27 so I got some confidence back. Had another 5:33 on mile 9, but on mile 10 something from my sinus dislodged (gross I know) and I had to step off the course because I was hacking trying to get this chunk up. Ran a total time of 6:02 on this mile with two coughing stops. I couldn't stop coughing on mile 11 and decided to step off the course and not do any more damage to my lungs. I coughed hard for another hour and a half after I stopped but I feel like it was the right decision. The run up to this race was rather discouraging between the injury and the cold, but the beautiful thing is there is another to train for and well my calf is healthy and my cold is on the downswing. Let's rock and roll, Pheonix Marathon I will see you in six weeks!