I have a cold. Uck. I've been really susceptible to colds (followed by a horrible cough) for as long as I can remember. Until this past fall. I don't know if it's running or what, but I get over them in just a couple of days now. It's been great.
Well, I woke up this morning with a cough. I'm not worried that it will turn into something awful, but I'm frustrated because I'm trying to train for a half marathon (it's in 2 months), and each week of training, something has happened that prevented me from getting at least one run in. I'm really not too keen on injuring myself.
I am, however, excited about this half. I started running a year and a half ago because swimming is massively inconvenient when you are traveling, or when you only have half an hour, and the better option is to just put on shoes and run out the door.
I hated it. Oh, it was awful. Even when I played soccer, which entails a lot of running, it was running with a purpose. Running just to run... ugh. But I pushed through Couch to 5k, repeating the first few weeks, pushed through sore knees unused to impact, started kind of not hating it, and then pushed through shin splints (rest is NOT always the answer, by the way; sometimes you need your sister to tell you how to fix your gait), and all of a sudden, running started being fun.
It's even MORE fun when you have a goal to work towards. I want to be able to run 13.1 miles without hurting myself. I have to be able to do this by March 22nd. Having something in front of me like that brings some excitement to workouts, especially on days when I would otherwise just not want to move out of bed. I ran 8 miles on Saturday and loved nearly every minute. I would have told you that you were a crazy person if you predicted this for me even a year ago.
I don't think reaching my goal in time would be a problem, except that I keep having to skip some of my mileage each week. Argh! How do people train for these things while still taking into account things like sick children, friend/family obligations, and their own illnesses? It seems like, in order to prepare, nothing can go wrong.
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