Two years ago I ran the Chesterfield 10k<\/a> on the 4th of July. This was a tough race with some great competition.\u00a0 An older post about running logs<\/a>, it could probably use an update.\u00a0\u00a0 Have you been wearing flip-flops<\/a> this summer? I got some for $1 at Old Navy, but I don’t wear them very often, because they don’t help very much for my foot pain.\u00a0 Several videos including some about World Vision<\/a> and some humorous one about treadmills<\/a>.\u00a0 Foto Friday<\/a> was a throwback to winter and the ridiculous amount of clothing necessary.<\/p>\n Last Year’s Mileage<\/strong><\/p>\n Run: 34.2 Miles<\/p>\n This Year<\/strong><\/p>\n The week began well enough, with a 3.5 mile run Monday <\/strong>run on Pike Island<\/a>. \u00a0It was 63 degrees and I saw 5 adult and lots of baby turkeys, 4 deer and 2 humans on the loop. \u00a0I wore my Salomon trail shoes for the first time on a run and liked them well enough. It felt nice and easy and my foot didn’t really hurt too much.<\/p>\n Tuesday’s <\/strong>group run was at Bredesen Park in Edina<\/a>. We ran 7.25 miles in 58 minutes. \u00a0Our pace dipped into the low 7 minute pace. It was 81 and humid. \u00a0My foot had hurt all day but after running it actually felt good. \u00a0Odd… \u00a0We saw lots of rabbits.<\/p>\n Had a morning meeting on Wednesday <\/strong>which kept me from running, but got 2.16 miles in on Thursday<\/strong> morning. \u00a0It was 60 and humid as I ran around the neighborhood, making a large square. \u00a0Saw more graffiti that I reported to 311<\/a>. \u00a0We’ve seen a huge increase in rival gang graffiti so we’ve been trying to report everything we see.<\/p>\n I had planned on running Friday<\/strong> morning but my neck and back hurt so I thought I’d wait and see if I felt better and run later. \u00a0By the evening, the pains hadn’t gone away and I was feeling achy all over my body. \u00a0The flu like symptoms continued into Saturday<\/strong> and mid-afternoon I was shaking from cold chills so we went to urgent care. \u00a0Some blood work was drawn but it looks like a virus. \u00a0So there isn’t anything they can do. \u00a0Oddly, the doctor said they couldn’t test me for H1N1<\/a>. \u00a0It sounded like they couldn’t test me at all since I wasn’t in the “at-risk populations”, but it may have just been that I didn’t have the respiratory or diarrheal symptoms associated with that particular strain. \u00a0Rest and lots of fluids are my prescription. \u00a0Yuck.\u00a0 My fever finally broke late on Saturday and I awoke Sunday<\/strong> feeling a lot better and almost back to normal.\u00a0 My body still hurts and I’m still contagious.\u00a0 The doctor gave me a work release until at least Tuesday, so that is nice.\u00a0 I’m not sure if I’ll try running or working out again before Wednesday or not.\u00a0 Frustrating.<\/p>\n This Year’s Mileage<\/strong><\/p>\n Run: 12.9 Miles
\nBike: 21.5 Miles<\/p>\n
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