Sick again?!

Ugh, I cannot beat this crud! I felt good all week, despite being a little tired, I felt like I had finally kicked my illness. I was getting back to my training schedule and having some solid runs. I was really stressed out with trying to balance writing my dissertation with getting some lab work done for my boss plus some other school-related stuff, but I was also prioritizing sleep, so I thought the two would cancel each other out. Unfortunately yesterday evening, as I was out to dinner with some friends (yum, Mexican!) I started to feel lousy, but I thought maybe I was just tired. I woke up at 3 AM with a bad sore throat and promptly took some naproxen to help with that. I finally fell asleep about an hour later when the medicine started to kick in and slept in until 7, which is late for me. My training plan called for an 8K-15K race or 9-13 miles, but I decided that was totally off the table.

I decided to to go the urgent care facility in my town because one of my good friends was just diagnosed with strep throat a few days ago. I wasn't running a fever and I didn't see the funny spots on the back of my throat, but because someone I'm in relatively close contact with tested positive for strep I didn't want to screw around. I was at the urgent care place a few minutes before it opened, thank goodness. I was maybe the fifth patient through the doors and it took me an hour and a half to see the doctor. People who walked in an hour after me were told that the wait could be up to three hours and that they should think about calling back later to inquire about the wait time. Luckily once I got back there the visit didn't take too long--the nurse took my vitals and did a swab for the quick strep test, I waited about ten minutes or so, and then the doctor came back with the test results (negative, yay!) and I was out the door. I am very glad I don't need antibiotics because they always make me feel lousy. I'm just not a fan. Another plus: I brought my laptop with me and got a lot of work done on one of my dissertation chapters.

I needed to stop and get some food and cold medicine, so I stopped by the grocery store on the way home. It was lunchtime and I was hungry so I just could not pass up the salad bar. I made myself a nice spring mix/spinach salad with some veggies and a few more unhealthy toppings, but I needed a little comfort food.

I really REALLY love salad bars.

I got a nap in this afternoon and have otherwise been sitting around and working on data analysis and writing. I'm hoping my body will heal itself quickly so I can run my 17 miler tomorrow, but I'm not going to push it if I wake up and feel lousy. I also won't hesitate (hopefully) to cut it short if I start out feeling good but things go downhill.

How were your runs/workouts?

Did you do anything exciting today?

What's your favorite thing to get at a salad bar?

 

Have a great Saturday, everyone!