DaveP, I'm glad to hear you're at least able to run some.

Urgent care last Monday was all full of sick people,   I tried to get a spot facing nobody.  Black eye status- looking colorful, but successfully wore a headlamp last night.  I seem to have gotten some street cred with the 5th graders too.

I ran 10 today and 9.5 yesterday with a friend.  She's 50K training, and I'm just trying to make up miles I missed when my head hurt due to laziness during the week, so it was a good match.  It's about perfect running weather here, 50 degrees and we just missed the rain.  We took the dogs for 6, then dropped them by the house and went back out for 4.

I ran 6. Slower than fuck.

But hey, shorts and a tank top in February!

But you ran quite a workout yesterday (I think? 6 x 1 mile?)

Don't want to be a pest, but from the pace you ran those 6 mile intervals yesterday, it is quite intriguing that you can't go sub 20 on a 5k...

Dave - sorry to hear about the Achilles! Sports massage and compression socks always help me out when mine acts up.

8.1 miles this morning. Race tomorrow, 10 mile and I need to get in a total of 17 for the day. I'm actually kinda nervous - I feel like I haven't done a workout in forever and MP is going to feel tough, and I don't want to puke when I practice the marathon fuel strategy. On the bright side, it's going to be 50! Shorts and singlet race!

 

But you ran quite a workout yesterday (I think? 6 x 1 mile?)

Don't want to be a pest, but from the pace you ran those 6 mile intervals yesterday, it is quite intriguing that you can't go sub 20 on a 5k...

Well the last time I made a real attempt was almost a year ago. I can't count the post marathon one because I was not recovered yet - my legs felt super heavy and dead for that one.

Yesterday's intervals were I think the fastest I have ever done that workout.  I was supposed to aim for around 10k pace but I could start slightly slower and work up to it.  She said 6:45-6:50 down to 6:35-6:40 so that's pretty much what I did..  during the first one I was writing a letter in my head telling her that this is too much for me and I quit. But then it got better 

 

Well the last time I made a real attempt was almost a year ago. I can't count the post marathon one because I was not recovered yet - my legs felt super heavy and dead for that one.

 

Yesterday's intervals were I think the fastest I have ever done that workout.  I was supposed to aim for around 10k pace but I could start slightly slower and work up to it.  She said 6:45-6:50 down to 6:35-6:40 so that's pretty much what I did..  during the first one I was writing a letter in my head telling her that this is too much for me and I quit. But then it got better 

So the workout was to run 6 miles (almost 10k) at 10k pace? Ok, you COULD start slower...

Maybe I don't train hard enough...

 

So the workout was to run 6 miles (almost 10k) at 10k pace? Ok, you COULD start slower...

Maybe I don't train hard enough...

With 2 minute recoveries..

Sometimes I think the workouts she gives me are too hard...

As long as you are seeing progress, you're training hard enough. McMillan has an article about this.. training optimally instead of maximally

 

Yea, I have no choice but to get the flu shot. It's mandatory at my work. That said, it does nothing for the stomach bug, which scares me. Friday I came around the corner to a parent picking up a sick kid who was given a bucket for the ride home.

For those I tell myself those are kid-bugs that I am probably immune to because I either had them as a kid or because I was exposed to them at some point and fought them off.  And I will believe that until proven otherwise!

I went to a conference a couple of years ago that had a norovirus outbreak.  That was terrifying.  It hit right at the end so we had something like 16 hours to go once everybody was sick.  Went with trying to touch nothing, washed my hands a lot, and didn't eat anything at all from the building, and it worked.