Training Log Archive: iansmith

Words I have waited fourteen years to read (or in my case, hear): "The end of the last book of the Wheel of Time."

Event: Vermont Ski-O Weekend
 

Itching to train, but I'm on my third box of puffs for this week. The first two were smallish - 56 puffs each. Taking pseudoephedrine, the occasional acetominophen, and a cocktail of phenylephrine and doxylamine succinate. I have probably doubled my fluid intake, and the tea is especially helpful - breathing steam helps my sinuses.

My symptoms are congestion, headache, and a little coughing. I suppose it could be a head cold rather than influenza, and hopefully I will be back on my feet this weekend. I have stayed home from work for three days.

C • The fever you mentioned three days ago 3

Ran four courses on Catching Features. Nice to see the usual suspects - Steve Gregg, JTeutsch, and runit.

Day 2 update: ran out of puffs. Conditions are getting grim.

I'm trying to set a PR today for the number of cups of tea I have drunk, but I haven't been keeping careful data, so the record will be speculative. Fortunately, the fourteenth and final book of the Wheel of Time was finally published, and I have been listening to the audiobook to pass the time when I am resting. I read the first seven books in 1998, but reread the entire series beginning in 2007. Each of the fourteen books is mammoth - in the neighborhood of 300,000 words. For reference, Atlas Shrugged, War and Peace, and Les Miserables are all roughly twice that.

Day 2, supplemental: acquired additional puffs, but ran out of nutella. I think the change is for the worse.

C • Weak sauce 10

Sick. This afternoon, I experienced the onset of several moderate symptoms - fever, congestion, weakness - and decided to scrub my running plans and sleep.