Oh yeah, it wasn't the flu!

So it turns out not to have been the flu, but instead mono. Just as an FYI mono stinks. For the last few days I have been saying, "Gee, I just don't have that absolute run down feeling everyone describes, I just can't shake the fever." Ha, shook the fever - but a trip to the grocery store felt like a marathon to me. It's so hard to remember that taking it easy now will benefit me in the long run. All I seem to be thinking of is - when can I train again! It doesn't help that all day I am looking at training stuff - writing workouts for people, reading new training books, planning for my speaking gig @ East Coasters about you guessed it - TRAINING!
Trying to think positively and tell myself that all this rest will really get me ready to go, go, go soon. Mostly though I think that's crap and that I will be tired for months and training is going to be really hard to do. So much for positive thinking!

Getting off Track

UUUG - THE FLU!! The plague struck this week and I have been oh so sidelined! For two days the challenge was just standing up out of bed, that was a workout. I swear the halls at the doctor's office were longer than the marathon I ran! The nurse had to stop and wait for me! Once this stage wore off and the flood of mucus started in my head and chest I have now entered into the struggling to breathe phase. What a joy!
For the first time in a very, very long time I have not exercised all week. The dumb thing is I keep stressing that I'm going to loose all my fitness and get way off track on my IM training by taking a few days off. Some of it is that I usually train about 14 hours a week. Without that training I feel blah and a little out of control. So, add the blah and out of control to my general sick feeling and you can imagine that I have been a joy to be around this week!
(Mental note, do something very nice for my husband - soon!)
Here's hoping to get back on my bike this weekend and OUT OF THIS HOUSE!!