So Sick of Being Tired and Oh So Tired of Being Sick

The last several posts have been me begging myself for consistency in my running regimen and yet here I am again posting about a run 6 days after the previous. At least this one wasn't entirely my fault as I fell sick last week and spent nearly the whole weekend in my room, extending to yesterday. I probably didn't have to stay home from work yesterday but anymore I tend to go all out combatting sickness, trying to beat it in as few days as possible. I hate being sick. So of course I went running last night. Maybe I should have stayed in, but I tend to try exercise toward the end of a sickness as a way to flush the last bits of crap out of my system - a method which is not backed up by science at all, but whatever. Also in this particular case I'd been laying/sitting around for three days straight and it was driving me crazy. Thus I found myself in my running gear, slipping into my running shoes, and setting off on my Fort Greene loop on the same day that I called out from work because I was congested with a pounding headache. A headache which did not appreciate the rhythmic striking of feet on concrete, but which subsided after about a mile of running. The wobbly knees faded as well, though the sore abs as I nearly a mile and a half were not a welcome replacement. In the end I managed to complete the loop fairly easily (even taking a phone call toward the end of it) which I attribute mostly to the fantastic weather, with temperatures hovering right around 70 degrees. So easy to run when it's not muggy and hot. Such a pleasure. I suppose, though, I really do have to get better at running when I'm not comfortable. Pushing myself when conditions aren't ideal. Today and tomorrow will be good practice, since the weather will be returning to uncomfortable summer levels. We'll see if I'll be able to run easy, even when the running is hard.