Can't...breathe...

It started simply enough last week -- I thought it was just a dry throat thing, around Thursday. I had a ton of other stuff that had to be done so I skipped the gym that day. Come Friday, it's definitely a sore throat but that's cool, that usually just clears up for me. Not this time, no, no. Of course it becomes a full-on sinus infection because I still have a ton of miles to run to reach my goal for the week.

I was in bed pretty much all day Saturday and Sunday and today, even though I'm only feeling about 60 percent, I decided I couldn't just lay in bed anymore, so I dragged myself to the gym. Not only am I still dealing with the new carpet smell in there (damn my sensitive nose) but now they've replaced the treadmills I liked with ones that have 1 hour limits. God damn it. How am I supposed to run my long distances without freezing to death now? Ugh. Anyway, I get on, set a nice slow 5.5 mph at a 2% incline and manage to make it a whole mile before I realize I cannot freaking breathe at all. I keep walking at 3.6 mph for another 20 minutes, throwing some random one-minute runs in there but I realize it's futile. I'm sweating like Nixon under oath and feeling super light-headed. At a half-hour, I stop the 'mill and start a hill program for a half hour. When that's done, I'm .8 shy of 5 miles so I just walk/run for 10 minutes to finish it out.

Note to self: running with a fever is never a good idea. I really hope this sinus infection clears up soon because a) I really hate being sick and b) I want to run.