Dan and I used to go on long and somewhat luxurious bike rides on Saturday mornings. It wasn't uncommon for us to log 20+ miles before most people were up for breakfast. However, since beginning half marathon training I try to be careful about what I'm making my legs to do the day before my group runs. Since most of my training is done solo I still get excited when I get to run or bike with someone else though and this past Saturday was no different. We planned on doing about a 10-12 mile ride but I woke up and felt like crap. I bailed on the bike ride knowing that I needed to rest because I couldn't bail on my group run the following day.
So, I ran on Sunday (6 miles of hills) and on Monday (4.66 miles with few hills) but by Monday night I was feeling worse. At this point Dan said to me that I needed to take Tuesday as a rest day. Like a legitimate rest day - no running/no errands. Just rest. What? No cross training? No strength training? No. Not even if I drive to the fitness center (instead of biking there) and warm-up, strength train, cool down and then drive home? No.
I thought about what he said as I went to bed early and thought he was just being ridiculous. Until I woke up on Tuesday morning and felt even worse. Ugh... so I took a rest day. I slept practically all day, waking up only to feed the dogs and let them outside periodically. I was awake long enough to eat toast for breakfast and lunch before going back for more sleep. It was nearly the same story on Wednesday except with slightly less sleeping and a slightly more fruits/vegetables.
I'm not sure if it was all the running (including the hills) or the day of eating that I basically took off while I was sleeping but I was happy to go to a Weight Watchers meeting tonight. It definitely encourages me to stay on track when all I really want is to eat a bunch of crap because I don't feel good. So I'm determined to make good choices. Even if it means I also have to take it easy the next few days to really make sure this cold is gone.
How do you deal with being sick? Do you power through or do you rest?
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