home from cuba & 1st run in 26 days???? yikes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

we are home from cuba and we had a wonderful trip. we brought my parents camera and i don't have the adapter yet so no pics yet. i will do a separate blog on that when i get the pics from the camera to the computer.

first the bad news, i am still not coughing nor feeling 100%. ok, i think i feel ok besides the jet lag today however i can NOT get rid of this cough. seriously depressing. my last run was on the 25th of october so that means it has been 25 days since my last run. i have taken it easy and the cough is still not gone. sigh.

sigh.


so..... i did my first run today. i did 2.75 miles with the dog. it felt ok. was very cold at -3 though. big change from being in my bathing suit on a pool deck the day before at the same time. sigh.

sigh.

i miss the beautiful weather already.

not sure if i will workout now tomorrow or monday due to work/h's hockey schedule. we will see.

What's happening?

I will be honest a lot isn't happening. Working 3 afternoon shifts in a row to make up for some sick time last week.

I have got back to working out though. No runs yet. I think I am kinda scared and being silly I lost all my fitness when I was sick. Will try a treadmill run in Cuba. No outside runs! The heat + humidity could kill me or at least leave me with a super sick tummy.

I did MTC day 1 yesterday. Omg Jillian you still kick my ass. Probably not the smartest workout to do after time off. Actually thought I was going to puke. Jillian would have been proud. Also like magic I lost 2 lbs overnight. I swear every time I do day 1 of MTC this happens. I also have very sore muscles! After MTC I did an hour spin class. Today I did a 45 min spin class and tomorrow I plan on doing MTC day 2 and 60 mins of spin.

Not sure I will check in again before I leave so...

Hasta luego!

No race

I so wish I felt up to running today. Perfect weather. Clear and about -1.

Took the dog for a walk instead. Back to working out tomorrow!

No race tomorrow

So I already typed this but it disappeared.

Not racing tomorrow. Still not feeling 100% and coughing a ton. I don't want to push it. Can't risk relapse since we leave for Cuba on Friday. The race is just too far to go for an easy run. I didn't even bother picking up the shirt/race packet.

This week I plan on spinning 3 days. When in Cuba I am going to workout a minimum of 3 days.

still sick

at least i am back at work though. doing my job... sorta. still coughing, tired and i really have not much of a voice. so i got dressed and caked on the makeup this morning so i could at least fake feeling better.

starting to think unless i feel drastically better i may be just picking up my race shirt and not racing on saturday. we will see though. it has been over a week since my last workout. i so need a workout mentally but seeing i get winded going up the stairs it would probably be best i don't. 

i hate that i do not lose my appetite when i am sick. unless i am puking my guts out i still love to eat. probably even more than when i am not sick. i am bloated and i have put some weight on. hoping that some of it is due to upcoming "girl" issues but i was not happy with the scale this morning.

Sick. Round 1 this winter.

Dear Antibiotics,

Please kick in as soon as you can so I can do my race on Sunday and have a healthy vacation starting next Friday in Cuba.

From,

Jen

I wrote a long blog the other day but it was lost. It was a vent blog about asthma sucking and my frustrations EVERY year dealing with this. Seriously, since I was in grade 8. I cried it out while writing that blog while sitting on the tubs edge while steaming my lungs with the hit shower steam.

I went from easily reaching 50 miles last month to not making it. I went from worried about doing well at my 5k this coming weekend to hopefully I can finish it. I haven't worked out since last Wednesday which was even half ass since that was the first day I wasn't feeling well.

When I get a cold I always end up with sinusitis and the resulting cough. Today I finally went to the doc and she thinks I have sinusitis, laryngitis, and bronchitis. I think she ran out of words ending in IS. I am in antibiotics again which I really try to avoid.

Really should blog more no?

I planned on using this blog a ton and it has almost been a year since i used it last. geesh. need to start blogging more again.  did my half in seattle in june. i think i did it in 2:11.  wow, you know you have done a handful of halfs when your time isn't so important to you any more. the rock n roll in seattle was my  5th?  i have a cold right now and my brain isn't working so well. it could have been my 6th? i will just list them.

1. Historic Half (2:09)  2008
2. BMO (2:04) 2008
3. Victoria (2:01)  2008
4. Seattle Rock n Roll (walked most of it with a friend)  2009
5. Scotia Half (2:16) 2010
6. Seattle Rock n Roll (2:11) 2011

You notice how my first few were my fastest? i long for the days when i weighed 15 lbs less and had post baby hormones helping me along.

I do run in other races too. not nearly as many as when i started out though.

i have done a trail race this year and the half. that is it!

my next race is next weekend. it will be my second 5k race. i am looking forward to it and fearing it at the same time. running 5k are more painful for me than running 13? i know to most people that sounds crazy but my fellow runners would understand (unless they are unbelievably gifted speedy).

they cancelled the muddy buddy here in august. i was really upset about that and so was h. next summer we are going to do the mud run outside of seattle cause they do it for sure. 

back when i last blogged i was also pretty much vegetarian. i think i need to go back to that for weight and health management issues i am having now. i am sitting in the 147-149 range which is scary. i haven't been this heavy since i was pregnant. bleh.