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Time: 8am
Time ran/walked: 1 hr, 8 minutes
Miles: 6.4
Damn it. I couldn't do it.
Most people don't expect their bodies to do anything for them when they are sick. How could I have expected my body to take me 21 miles when a cold is having its way with me? I'm surprised I even made it as far as I did. I wanted to stop after only a few minutes, but I just kept telling myself: suck it up and get through it, and then your last long run will be over. But I just couldn't. I felt awful. My nose was running and my throat and head hurt and my whole body just felt so fatigued. If today had been the marathon and I was still sick like this, I would have had to trudge along as far as I could, maybe attempting to finish in the six and a half hours that the course is open for.
So my long run is postponed again, most likely until Monday morning. I hate that I still have to think about it now! I just wish it was behind me. And now I ate pasta and drank a lot of fluids last night, went to bed early, and was up by 6:45 this morning, all for nothing! I know I can run 18 miles, but I don't want to go into the marathon not having run at least 20... But I can't do it any later than Monday because I will need that remaining 13 days to recover and do shorter runs. It's getting so close!
The only good thing about not doing the long run today is that now I won't be sore for my four shifts this weekend. It's one thing to sit in class while you're sore, but quite another to work all night and move around a lot while you're sore. I was worried about having a miserable weekend because of my aches and pains. This cold better be gone by Monday, darn it.