I hadn't run since Sunday. It was now Thursday. All week long I'd been sick as I'd mentioned in earlier posts and I ended up leaving work early on Monday, staying home Tuesday, then leaving early again on Wednesday to go to the doctor.
Double ear and sinus infection. Good times.
Thursday I was feeling a bit better so I decided to try a run. 6k was on the schedule but I knew that wasn't going to happen - I just didn't have the energy. BUT...if I didn't go out it set me up for a horrible weekend with a 5k race on Saturday and a 14k run on Sunday. So out I went.
I'll sum the run up in three words - sun, humidity and bugs.
I don't enjoy any of those on a run, let alone all three.
My goal was to do 4k - I figured that was reasonable, given how I was feeling and that I hadn't run since Sunday. But I just couldn't. Could not do it. Not going to happen.
I walked a lot, sweated a lot, tried to hide in the non-existent shade, and had a hard time breathing because I was desperately attempting to keep the flippin aphids out of my mouth - they were everywhere!
Rounded one last corner and decided to call it a day. As always I was glad to have gotten out there but yeah, this ranked right up there in my list of worst runs ever. But done!
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