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AtomThe week started off quite well. I was schedule to run 17 miles on Sunday, but I felt pretty good and I decided to throw in an extra mile to make it a nice round 18-mile run.
After that, it was all downhill. From the Monday, I started waking up with a sore throat. Monday was a rest day, but Tuesday was a 10-mile run. I struggled through my run and decided to call it a day after just 5 miles.
Wednesday was a 5-mile run, but I felt a bit better and decided to run an extra couple of miles making it 7 miles for the day.
I woke up Thursday feeling even worse than the previous days. I had a 10-mile run scheduled, but I just felt too ill to go run. I even contemplated taking a sick day from work. My wife suggested I at least get up and take a shower and see how I felt after that. I took her advice and I felt well enough to work, but I was sure to take cold medicine.
Friday was a rest day and I started to feel a bit better, but my throat was still bothering me.
Today was a 5-mile run, but I decided to throw in an extra rest day. I figure the most important workout I have each week is my Sunday long run so I’ll rest today and see if my body will let me run an 18-miler tomorrow.
In the end, I managed 30 miles for the week whereas I should have run 47 miles.
I’m travelling on business next week. Next week was supposed to be a recovery week so I’ll probably take it easy again. Maybe I can come back from that trip fully recovered and ready to resume my training at full speed.
Posted by derek as Training, Chicago, Marathon at 6:24 AM PDT