Starting Over

I can't believe it has been two weeks since my last run! How did that happen? Well actually, if you read down a few posts, you will discover exactly how that happened.

It never fails, every winter, I start out strong. I tell myself, "Shelly, you WILL run through the entire winter. You WILL NOT stop running." And then, despite my best efforts, sickness gets in the way.

I always seem to end up with a two week ball of flem, goobers and a dry cough. Singularly, each might hold me up from running...but when they are in combo, I am rendered completely useless. I cough all night, and blow my nose all day. And in between, I manage to whine to my husband about how horrible I feel. (unfortunately, this time I shared, so he was not very sympathetic).

As an aside, I just want to say, I took Mucinex for over a week and never once saw anything that resembled the green guy on the commercial (see post picture).

Anyhow, somehow, the little green guy is slowly leaving my body undetected, which means I was able to run today! Yea!!! My dog was so happy she barked the first quarter mile. I was just happy to be able to run the first quarter mile without an oxygen mask. After three miles, I was thankful to be home, and wondering why it only takes two weeks for me to lose any Vo2 Max I had gained during the rest of my winter runs.