Ugh. Well I've been completely derailed. I had Flu A three weeks ago, and lost 4 days. I did several minimal, easy doubles the following week to get back even. But, then I started having discomfort breathing. It felt like my windpipe was irritated, and I had a hair trigger cough. On a 6 mile easy run, I ended up stopping three times.
I decided to take some days off to let the cough subside and the bronchitis (or whatever) to heal. That's turned into 10 days without running, during which time the windpipe irritation continued to get worse. It reached a point where I had a constant burning sensation, which clued me in that it might be something different. I'm now on day 2 of Zantac and Priolosec---feeling MUCH better. So, I suppose I was feeling acid reflux (maybe in addition to lingering flu aftermath).
Hopefully by tomorrow I can do an easy shorty. Then I'll look at the standings and decide where to go from here.
I decided to take some days off to let the cough subside and the bronchitis (or whatever) to heal. That's turned into 10 days without running, during which time the windpipe irritation continued to get worse. It reached a point where I had a constant burning sensation, which clued me in that it might be something different. I'm now on day 2 of Zantac and Priolosec---feeling MUCH better. So, I suppose I was feeling acid reflux (maybe in addition to lingering flu aftermath).
Hopefully by tomorrow I can do an easy shorty. Then I'll look at the standings and decide where to go from here.
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Tom_hampton: Feb 6, 20 10:19