I did get 8 hours of sleep last night but it was interrupted sleep by my 3 year old son and my daughter complaining that she was sick. My son just wanted the dog out of his bedroom, he's funny he doesn't like anyone or anything to sleep with him. I didn't feel too tired when I woke up just kind of weak.
This morning I did my long run on a very hilly course. The run was
somewhat difficult, because the winds kicked up to 30mph, but the
temperature was 35 degrees so that helped..
The reason that I've kind of been weak and dead on my runs this week is I'm starting to come down with something. Last night I felt just dead tired, weak, and my stomach was doing jumping jacks inside. I thought today if I had enough strength that I would do my long run, because I thought maybe I might feel worse on Saturday and won't be able to do it (when your systems analyst you have to analyze your future schedule). The performance this morning wasn't bad, and I did take it easy and not really push anything, other than I did some strides in the run to active the fast twitch muscle a bit. I ran 17.10 miles at an 7:18 pace in 2:04. I could have kept going, but I needed to be back for work. I'll probably run this evening to make it an even 20 miles for the day. Evening: We had parent teacher conference meetings tonight so I decided to do another run from our kids school to home after the teacher meetings. It started snowing on the way home so that made the run interesting, but the run was really uneventful. I had to avoid a lot of traffic on the way. I ran 4.22 miles at a 7:10 pace in 30:17 minutes. I'm still not feeling the best. I feel weak so my immune system must be getting knocked out a bit. I'm hoping to feel better for the weekend, but I really don't have anything planned except Sunday so I should be able to get rest. Tomorrow I have to go into work early to be part of three interviews for a position that our Staff is looking to hire. That will take up most of the day.
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