Well Shit

I'm not going to look back at my last post, but I'm pretty sure I didn't write that I hadn't gone to Linda's before my 18 miles at Riverlands cause she told me she was coming down with something and I might not want to expose myself to it.  She was right.  Unfortunately, we'd ridden in my car together the day before to Brunswick and back.  I hoped that I hadn't picked up any germs.  I have had my share this winter, starting with the flu at Christmas.

So Wednesday was a great run (you'd know if you read the last post).  I had acupuncture Thursday morning so wasn't going to get out till the afternoon.  It needed to be from home since Piper didn't get much of an outing on Wednesday.  I was starting to feel a little off, but decided the run would help.

The first 2.5 with Piper were hard.  I decided that was because she didn't really like sticking to the roads, but there wasn't much choice; by waiting till the afternoon, the trails were mush.  I dropped her back home and continued on.  All I could make myself do was 6, even though I had 8 on my schedule.  Usually, I would say, "I can always do two", and make myself do it.  It just sucked.

Back home, I couldn't get warm.  I went down hill from there.  Friday I woke with a fever and chills.  Ugh.  I pretty much vegged with Piper on my lap.  Rick brought home Chinese take out for supper.  It did not hit the spot.  Saturday, I still had a low grade fever.  I had wanted to do Tammy's group run in Portland, but there was no way I could make it.  By afternoon, I needed to move.  All my parts were getting stiff and grumpy.  I took Piper out for a walk.  It helped.  Towards supper, my fever broke.  I still didn't feel great, but not that trippy fever feel.

In the morning, I was still fever free.  Ok, OSGR was doable.  My goal was to get to Brad early enough to get in my 2 mile warm up and to scout the trails to see if they were runnable.  Sigh.  I have trouble getting out early.  I did get in 3/4 of a mile before it was time for OSGR and did learn that we'd be running trails!  I felt kinda shitty on those .75 miles, but I was still standing.  Don D said he'd been sick too and wondering about his lasting the run.  Well we both stood up :) I really started to feel better about 4 miles in.  Then I realized that, if you've been recently running a fever, you probably bring fluids even on a shortish run.

But!  The trails were firm and so runnable ❤ The group was large and fun.  No one cared if my pace was a little slow, though I might have picked it up on the last mile 😎 I wanted to go back out with the people adding miles, but I was thirsty and a little wise.  I'd gotten 6.8 with the group, so, with my warm up, I had 7.5 for the day.  After some fluids and coughing, I think I felt better for the run.