I know that in life there will be sickness, devastation, disappointments, heartache -- it's a given. What's not a given is the way you choose to get through it all. If you look hard enough, you can always find the bright side. -- Rashida Jones
This week started with disappointment, devastation, and heartache after the marathon DNF and has turned into sickness and devastation. All I want to do is get back on the training wagon and all my body wants to do is collapse in on itself. I have some terrible cold or bronchitis or something...and I'm exhausted. I tried to go for a little run on Tuesday - it was 80 degrees for goodness sake - but after about a mile I felt like I had asthma or COPD or something. It was awful. I had to just walk back to my car and even then I felt crappy. I've slept in for 4 days. I don't know. It's getting very frustrating.
So what's the bright side? Maybe this is the lull before the storm - the chance for my body to get into the place it needs to be in order to rock Raleigh and then IMMD. Slowing down has also given me a chance to focus on my eating (I'm playing a weight loss contest at the YMCA to give me some accountability...more on this later). Slowing down has let me realize that I have a lot of stuff around the house I need to prioritize before the crazy of IM training gets awesome this summer. We'll call that the bright side. Now it's time to recover and move on. I am tired of laying on the couch.
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