Immobile No More

Hey Runners (and non-runners alike)! I hope you all had fabulous weekends! Mine was excellent, I must say. I got tons and tons of rest--almost 12 hours of sleep both Friday and Saturday nights As a result, I am feeling almost back to normal today (PRAISE ALL THAT IS HOLY)! I'm still coughing a bit, but I woke up this morning with far more energy than I have had over the past week COMBINED. So that was definitely good news! Perhaps the monster illness will not defeat me, as I once feared . . .

Shockingly, I even felt well enough to head out to the park with Wilson, when he left to do his 5-miler this morning. Granted, I just walked a loop in the park while he ran . . . but still, I was upright for upwards to an hour! I know, you must be highly impressed. This is quite an accomplishment! I have to say, I felt pretty good during the walk . . . a little light-headed at times, but I WAS pushing it pretty hard (ha, as hard as you can be while walking). But the point is . . . IRISH CREAM IS BACK!!!

I'm going for some light cardio and some weight-training tomorrow, and then I'm going to test how much fitness I managed to lose over the past week on Tuesday, when I attempt a 3.5-miler. The good news is that I definitely have my love for running back . . . today, while walking, I was listening to my marathon playlist on my ipod . . . and it was all I could do to keep myself from starting to run at times. A certain song would come on that gets me really jazzed up when running, and I seriously had to hold myself back from taking off into a sprint. I wanted to run THAT badly. It'll be interesting to see where I'm at, come Tuesday. But for now, I'm going to concentrate on enjoying the last hour or two of my weekend :) I promise, the next time you hear from me, it will be re: half marathon training; and not bitching and moaning about feeling like crap! Now, there's something to look forward to . . .