I just felt like running

Good lunch run on the trails at work.  Felt good to get back into it.   Coughed quite a bit in 1st couple mile but it settled down.   8:30 pace.

Last couple days have been cold and very busy with work and family obligations.  I have found I don't have the energy or motivation to run before dark in the morning or after dark at night.  This would also involve reducing the time I sleep.  With the new baby, work, and being sick , I need to get at least 7 hrs/night.

This was a good workout.  Ended up doing 2 X 1/2 mile repeats after an easy warmup on the trails.  Held it under 3 minutes each time.  Felt decent.   Still have a nagging cough and nasal congestion.

Ran the 3M trails, up and down finley island road, and the BP trails.   I had been coughing nonstop during the AM at work but the coughing stopped when I was out running.   I got very weak towards the end of this run.  At the time, I thought it because of eating breakfast at 6am and running at 1pm with no food in between.  That may have been part of it but as the day went on my flu symptoms from the last couple weeks came back full strength.  Achy,fever, cough, headace, and a general zombie like persona.

Felt awful this morning.  No energy.  101+ fever.  Got diagnosed with sinusitis and possible pneumonia.  Stayed in bed all day except for 3 hours in the afternoon.  They have me a strong antibiotic(Leviquin).

Read a story in the newspaper on how ineffective the flu vaccine was this year.  The strains included formulation only covered 40% of the flu bugs this year.  It never is perfect but it commonly is in the 80% range.  What I have sure feels like the flu but the with the doc prescribing antibiotics it must not be the case.    I've had this sickness for 2 weeks straight- I'd have thought a common cold virus or influenza would have played itself out by then.