For a week now, Joe and I have been battling colds. It hasn't been pretty. Lots of tissues have lost their lives to the cause. Because of my cold, I haven't been out running since the 1st. I took a few days off and then slowly started back with 2-4 mile walks the last two days. This morning I was feeling pretty good. The sun was shining and the temperature was back up into the 60's. I decided to do my 20 minute run and then complete the 5k distance.
Well....maybe I wasn't quite ready for all of that. 15 minutes into my run, I had to stop due to a massive mucus build-up (gross) happening in my breathing canal. I know 15 minutes is still really awesome and something I couldn't do just a few weeks ago, but I can't say that I'm not disappointed. I realize that I was probably a little too optimistic in getting right back out there after a week of being sick, but I hoped for better seeing as the race is just 19 days away. I was nice knowing that I was over 1 mile in when I had to stop.
I did finish out the rest of the 5k and tried some power walking, but by the time I finished, I was coughing and wheezing. Not cool. I finished the distance in 56 minutes....on par with all my training. I will go for a more relaxed walk tomorrow and hope to be ready for more running on Wednesday. I did get to add 6.378 meals to my Feeding America goal, so as always, there is a victory I can feel good about.
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