Orienteering race 47:28 [3] ***** 6.1 km (7:47 / km)
22c (sick) shoes: VJ Falcons-Fall '07
OK Linné's Portugal Training Camp 2008 - Day 3
After the spring training the night before, we went to a restaurant in Nazaré, and I ordered just about the only thing on the menu that wasn't seafood - "pork local style". Sure enough, the pork dish comes out covered by mussels. I meticulously scraped them off the pork and handed them over to Patrick, and ate my food. Still, I felt pretty bad that evening and woke up in the morning feeling nauseous. This continued on the ride over to the event, but I decided to try running the race anyway. Bad idea. I felt absolutely awful and was forced to alternate between walking and jogging most of the race, just thinking about getting to the finish and lying down. This didn't help my concentration, either, and I managed to make mistakes despite the slow pace. Finally I staggered to the finish with a pathetically slow time and just lay there for a while. Ended up pretty much motionless and horizontal for most of the afternoon, but felt a little bit better in the evening, even well enough to walk a bit. I was actually quite surprised that I even finished, but I seem to recall some stories of PG's about racing a World Masters Champs with food poisoning, and this gave me a bit of inspiration.