Getting over the sickness

After my not-so-great run on Saturday, I woke up Sunday and decided to go to the doctor. I officially have bronchitis and have a lot of drainage in the back of my throat. When I told him that I tried to run 14 miles but only got 8, he was impressed that I was able to get 8 at all.

He put my on a Z-pack which is a 5 day dose of antibiotic and then told me to pick up some Mucinex-D. Tomorrow will be my last day of the antibiotic but the decongestant is really not doing much for me anymore. Every time I swallow though, I can feel the icky stuff in the back of my throat and I try to get it out but alas it won't. 'm still coughing too but defnitely not as much and it's actually not really producing anything either.

I finally ran this morning. 3.35 miles at a 8:58 pace. Wouldn't even know I was sick. Except for the fact that I was coughing once I got back.

I think the faster pace came from my new kicks! I picked them up on Saturday and they fit me just fiiine!! My left foot/toes did go numb but I think that was because I tied the shoelaces too tight.

I think I'm gonna try to run again tomorrow morning and see how that goes. I need to get my mileage back up since I missed my run on Monday. Two 3 mile days in a row aren't gonna hurt anything anyway.

Activity Route: -- Elev. Avg: 861 ft Location: Sycamore, IL Elev. Gain: +0 ft Date: 08/05/09 Up/Downhill: [+104/-104] Time: 06:35 AM Difficulty: 1.8 / 5.0 Weather: Fog/Mist 58 F temp; 96% humidity 58 F heat index; winds N 5 Performance Distance: 3.35 miles Time: 0:30:01 Speed: 6.7 mph Pace: 8' 58 /mi Calories: 355 Map Pace (min/mile) Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Elevation Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 8' 38 -0' 20 6.9 +0.2 +16 ft 2 9' 00 +0' 02 6.7 -0.0 +16 ft 3 9' 19 +0' 21 6.4 -0.3 -16 ft end 8' 59 +0' 01 6.7 -0.0 -16 ft Versus average of 8' 58 min/mile

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