Posts under ‘Sickness took me down’

I’m a week into this blasted cold and still not having any fun.  There is NO WAY I can even attempt a run, or any cardio of any kind.  My head is stuffy and the goo has made its way into my bronchials.  When I lie down at night, a persistent tickle occurs and I cough incessantly.  [...]

 I think the title says it all.  Running hills with a cold is truly a BAD idea.
I gave it a good shot on Wednesday morning.  I’ve been fighting a cold for the past four days and I was pretty tired of the whole thing, so I went out for a run.  Wednesdays have become my [...]

I feel a cold coming on.
It started Sunday afternoon when I took my daughter out for the afternoon.  We were headed to the 2:15 show of “Avatar” and I couldn’t stop yawning.  I actually thought I might fall asleep in the theater.  Luckily, this didn’t happen, as I would have been more than cranky about [...]

It’s like having a baby in the house again, only we didn’t get 9 months to prep. 
Connor’s had a cold for the past 9 days.  It started with an asthmatic cough last Friday? Saturday? (I don’t even remember anymore) where he couldn’t get his breath.  He’s been on the nebulizer every 4 hours (Albuterol), and taking [...]

This has been a very popular post, so I’m adding a little info as well as a link that many people will relate to.  This is from the “Training Payne” blog, posted on November 1, 2009.  He’s come down with the flu and is only 12 days out from the Clearwater Half-Ironman Championship Race.  Frustrating, [...]