Perfect day last Saturday, perfect run. The temperature was a perfect 65 degrees when we started. Previously, the longest run I'd done in a long time was 5 miles. But I was able to run the whole 7 miles and still felt great at the end. I'm sure it was because of the low humidity. It makes all the difference in the world.

I got sick a few weeks ago and and still not 100% better. I don't know what it was, but I had a lot of sinus drainage and even had a fever for a few days. I didn't run at all that week. The next week, I was feeling better so I tried running one morning before work. I felt like crap afterwards and went home to sleep instead of going into work. I tried to run again last night. It ended being more of a 3 mile run/walk because it was so hot outside.

The group run this Saturday is 7 miles. A friend of mine and I are altering the route so that we only run 5 miles. We're going to take it very slowly. It's supposed to cool off on Saturday, so that should help matters.

No race plans on the horizon, just running when I feel like it.

Cahaba River Ramble 5k

Here are some pics from my most recent 5k. It was a gorgeous day, before the heat wave hit.

It's officially summer. The temperature has been well into the 90s for the past week at least so now running in the morning has become a necessity. Time to break out the sunvisor and sunscreen!

I was finally able to go on my first run after the marathon yesterday. The weather was gorgeous. Sunny and around 70 degrees. I met Carmen and Jill, two of my good running buddies, at the Lakeshore trail and we ran an easy three miles. I can definitely tell I've been sick. My legs felt like jelly afterwards and I was way too tired for only having run 3 miles. But it was great to be running again and to catch up with friends. I'll probably go to the Trak Shak run Wednesday night after work. Hopefully the weather will cooperate.

Pic from Country Music Marathon

Once I manage to get more I'll post them here. But here's the one I have.

It was very windy and the background was blowing over on us, that's why I look so awkward.

My 7 day break from running after the marathon has turned into 16 days of no running. Right as I was feeling recovered and ready to run I got sick. I got some kind of virus, which combined with my allergies and left me feeling pretty crummy for well over a week.

I missed two days of work because of it, and the other days I've just been able to drag myself out of bed to get done what needs to get done and then fall back into it, only to not be able to sleep because of massive coughing fits.

I've tried everything under the sun to get rid of this cough. I drank a nasty concoction of ginger, cayenne pepper, apple cider vinegar and honey. Amazingly it worked. Burned like hell going down, but it calmed down the cough enough for me to get to sleep.

I went out with my cousin for her birthday this weekend and I'm sure the smoky bar environment did not do anything to help the cough. But I ordered a hot toddy, which was disgusting, but it also helped the cough somewhat.

Last night, I did a nebulizer treatment at home and then took a hot bath. For the first time since I've been sick, I went 15 minutes without coughing. As soon as I got out of the bath it came back of course, but those 15 minutes were bliss.

I think I've been through 4 or 5 bags of cough drops and need to buy more today. I called my doctor and asked if they could call me in some prescription strength cough suppressant.

I'm hoping to finally be able to run this weekend. Fingers crossed.