Somehow the day after Valentine's Day I caught a nasty cough after we had dinner at Madisson's Grill last night.The dinner was great though we started off with P.E.I. mussels and I ordered the Artic Char with Roasted Garlic Butter Sauce, Ratatouille and Mashed Potato. Trevor ordered the Alberta AAA Rib Eye which came with Truffle Potato Melange, Seasonal Vegetables, Apple Whiskey Butter. We both enjoyed our meals and our entree portions were really large and I almost couldn't finish the last few bites of my Arctic Char. There was a down side which was it took us forever to get the bill and pay for it. They were getting busy towards the time we finished our meal so I can understand though. We will dine there again. It just might not be for a while since there are a lot of nice restaurants in the city.
I was kind of undecided this morning on whether or not I wanted to go for a run because honestly each cough felt like I was going to lose part of my lung and you know you're sick when you're phlegm is a nice yellow color and your back has that strange tingling sensation. After I had my morning oatmeal with three tablespoons of blueberries and green tea I sat at my desk watching tv shows for about two hours. After I had two Dayquils I felt a bit better made myself a breakfast burrito with scrambled eggs, a slice of turkey bacon and salsa and had two glasses of water and figured it is time to head over to Spa Lady and get our run on.
When I got to Spa Lady I admit I sat in the changing room feeling like crap and decided if I wanted to pack up and leave, but I changed into my Lululemon shorts and my Saucony Kinvara 3s and went off to the treadmill. I warmed up at 5 mph at an incline of 5 for 5 minutes. I don't like high inclines and normally only turn the incline past 2 for warm ups or cools downs minus hill run days. I burned 55.6 calories and did 0.41 miles during my warm up. I had it set in my mind that I was going to do 10K/6.22 miles today no matter what. I first thought we are just going to run as hard as we can and run between 7.0-8.0 mph to get this run done as fast as we can and go home. I started out at 7.5 mph at an incline of 2.0, that became 6.5 at an incline of 2.0 which then became 6.0 mph at an incline of 2.0. My breathing was strained and I had mucus build up in my throat and my right nostril and that is when I knew today was going to be my slow and steady run day. I ended up varying the incline from 0.5 to 2.0 and ran between 6.0-6.5 mph mainly with some sprints for 30-60 seconds at 8-8.5 mph in between. It ended up being a slower time than I liked at 57 minutes and 4 seconds burning 748.7 calories with heart rate ranging from 92-142 with an average of 113. Not my best day I can say that for sure, but when your breathing is strained due to a sore throat and a partially blocked right nostril it can be acceptable I guess. TMI coming up - After my run I went to blow my right nostril because it felt extremely blocked and it was one of those horribly long, stringy, mucusy boogers that doesn't want to leave your nostril. Ughh after two attempts I was finally able to get it out and we now have clear breathing. I know why they tell you to just take a break when you're sick, but I need to log in that milege/distance for the week or else I will feel like a couch potato.
I am undecided if I will be heading to the gym tomorrow as Spa Lady is only open from 10am until 3pm on Sundays and if I go it will be to cross train and do a little elliptical/biking and some weights. We will see if the Nyquilizing and Vick's Vapor Rub action will be affective enough to get me to leave the house tomorrow.
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