A little secret about me

How many times have you been checking out the reader letters at bodybuilder.com or Velo News or in the latest issue of Runner’s World and read something that goes a little like this “I have a question about training while sick. While doing a (12 mile recovery run, 50 mile ride, lower body workout) I coughed up a lung. To make matters worse, then I tripped over it and broke my left leg! I have a (20 mile run, hundred mile ride, power lifting competition) this weekend. Is Saturday too early to get back into it, or should I wait until Sunday?”

This is so not me. If I am sick, I immediately curl up in my chair with a book, munching on crackers or something, until fully healed up. I even walk slow lest I inhibit my recovery. I’ve been fighting a cold since Saturday, so that means 4 days of no exercise and not so great eating. I dread getting on the scale Friday. I am probably the only person in America who thinks they’ll lose weight on vacation, but that’s what I’m hoping for next week. Sigh. On the plus side, I can tell you that "Bag of Bones" by Stephen King is one terrific ghost story!

That’s why I’ve been so quiet – too busy irrigating my sinuses with salt water and rubbing Neosporin over the rawness that is my nose to take time to post. This week is pretty much shot from an exercise perspective – I sure am glad I have those exercise bands for next week! I’ll try to do better food-wise, even though its hard when all I want to do is comfort myself by stuffing my belly. I hate being sick.