Well that really sucked!
I've pretty much been off the radar and off my feet for the best part of two weeks now.
It's amazing how something as simple as a Common Cold can really knock you flat.
From developing a bit of a sniffle to having pretty restricted breathing in the space of about 2 days meant that I was out of action and there was bugger all I could do about it.
I finally got back to some form of exercise yesterday, with a short 6 mile run to collect my car. I purposely took it easy to just ease myself back in again and see how I felt. Just as well!
At about 3 miles I stopped at traffic lights and thought I was going to leave a lung on the bonnet of the car stopped beside me at the lights. The coughing was not pretty and I seriously thought I was going to throw up. Combine that feeling with legs made of lead and a total absence of any fitness meant that I was feeling pretty sorry for myself.
Thankfully after another half mile my breathing came back under control and my lung managed to re-lodge itself back in my chest cavity. The next few miles went reasonably well, albeit at a pace that was very close to 9 mins per mile. That was pretty depressing as I had regularly been knocking this run out at a lower heart rate and average pace of about 8.15 per mile.
Its good to be back on my feet but I now have a lot of rebuilding to so whilst still trying to balance my recovery as I know that I'm still not completely healthy again.
Today I did my cycle commute to and from work and once again I took it pretty easy.
As luck would have it there was very little traffic because of the Easter School holidays and I actually did a best ever time both down and home. It was nothing to do with my fitness and more to do with the lack of congestion on the roads.
I have decided to skip swimming as I know that my minor breathing problems which are still persisting would be multiplied in the swimming pool.
With only 15 weeks now until Zurich, I am feeling under a lot of pressure to get healthy and build a really solid block on uninterrupted quality training. I am a bit scared of failing in this but I am hopeful.
It would be nice to get a reasonable week of training in this week and get back to health and then hit the next 14 weeks like Chuck Norris hitting a Baddie through a wall.
