Training Log: Ari-o

So down to Philly for a wedding. Is this good training for a race? Nope! Especially when the ceremony starts at 1800 and the meal is served at like 2100. The wedding was lots of fun, at the Ben Franklin institute with the ceremony in the Planetarium! Race was a good excuse to only have one adult beverage.

At about 1600 I realized that my indigestion / lack of appetite might be cured by Tums, and I don't think I was wrong. This made life more enjoyable. If I had figured this out a few days earlier that would have been nice.

Ate way too much, so that by the time I was awake this morning I was well-fed for the race. Took the train to the start with Elena's cousins, found our corrals, I went for a short jog to a short(er) portolet line, and was glad I had. Hydrated and fed, at least.

This was a fun race but my pre-race preparation (noro/flu/whatever + late dinner wedding the night before) was not conducive to a good time. I realized this about half a mile in and eased up and figured I could use a nice marathon threshold workout with one pause to tie my shoe. Held reasonably even miles and definitely felt some hurt. My legs could have definitely done more.

I should try not to get these plagues in the future. (Ha.)

Finished, never really rained (50˚ and drizzly at worst), looked for Elena for a couple minutes, then took the train to the hotel for a nice shower. Waiting in the cold/rain to try to meet without cell phones (her battery died) seemed way too difficult.

Made it in plenty of time to see family and eat brunch.

Event: Merrimac River 10 mile trail Race
 

Feeling better … sort of. Enough to take a lap of the neighborhood with Elena, but really not much more. Good timing for Broad Street … not.

Stomach bug, ugh.

Monday evening at City Hall I start to not feel well (and not just because the City Council seems to care more about parked cars than safety). Run out of the building and pass out on the steps while sitting down. Friends there get me a bag/box, which was useful, eventually after this doesn't stop Elena comes and takes me to Mount Auburn because the whole "passing out and vomiting for hours" seems more than I want to handle at home.

Dehydrated, labs come back fine, they can't find a good vein to give me an IV, I eventually fall asleep (she does too … on the floor). We go home around 0400 on Tuesday, I have since had about 40oz of Gatorade and water and slept a lot. At first thought it was food poisoning, but probably noro. Second time in a year … probably from a nephew.

Ick.

C • Stomach bug 6