The Final Countdown....

8 days to go.....

I have been at the gym all week, using the elliptical and treadmill for about 40 minutes each time.......and I gotta say, i'm pretty nervous. I've been coughing a TON, especially when working out, and my lungs feel like theyre shrunken in half. I'm getting a little nervous about my lung capacity getting me through this race. My muscles feel totally fine, I'm not too worried about them....but...breathing is SLIGHTLY important for running 4.5 hours.

I finally ran with Back On My Feet this morning for the first time in weeks, and, overall it felt great. The first two blocks, I had to stop and have a coughing attack, almost to the point where I was going to puke, and I thought, "well I am f*cked.....".....but I pushed through and focused on my breathing and ran 3 miles total! (a small drop in the bucket compared to 26.2, but still a big step for me not having run in 2 weeks).

I'm going to keep up with my inhaler, focus on deep breathing all week....maybe call my doctor....and see how my 10 mile run goes tomorrow. Ive come too far NOT to do this!!

stay tuned for more marathon race-day info!

Stupid swine flu

So I'm an emotional mess today....I just got diagnosed with freaking SWINE FLU! How does this happen three weeks before the marathon?? I'm crying as I write this, I'm in so much pain and I've come so far, too far not to be able to run it because of this. To top it off, the world series concludes in a few days, and I've had so much fun watching the games with my friends and now I'm quaranteeed for what could be a crazy exciting few days. I definitely won't be able to go to broad street like this.

To top it off, I've been around my friends a ton the past few days, and I'm feeling so guilty about having possibly passed this misery along to any of them. Like I didn't already feel crappy enough.

My doctor said no running this week, and since I skipped last weekend I'm going to be even father behind, and weakened. What am I going to do????

Ugh, I hope I can recover quickly and still do the marathon but right now I'm pretty worried. Also, work isn't going to be happy, I'm too contageous to go in to the office and we're swamped right now. I feel like I'm letting everyone around me down.

Sigh. And I keep coughing from crying, which makes me cry even more, then cough even more. Help!! :-/