Yesterday, Monday, I ran 4 miles in the AM. Got up at 5:30, was on the road by 5:50. I’m not sure how long it took me to run my 4 around Sunnyside, but I know it took me at least 42 minutes, if not longer. I thought I hit “Start” on my watch, but was foiled again by my usual pre-dawn befuddlement. Somewhere around mile 3.5, I had to stop, bend over with my hands on my knees, and hock up a perfect, little yellow loogie. One of the mementos left over from my coughing illness last week. I wish I could have expectorated this loogie at, say, the half-mile mark, since once it was no longer rattling around in my chest, I breathed a whole lot easier.
Then, this evening I hit the road for another 4-miler at 9PM, same route, since it’s cooler with the sun down. This time, I got lucky, and the little yellow loogie of the day made his break for freedom after I’d been running only 5 minutes. Even though I could now breathe, I decided to stop at 2 miles since my hamstring was giving off all sorts of alarming sensations; that’s my old injury and I didn’t want to push it.
I suppose it’s better to fall ill for three weeks in the beginning of training, but it still makes it hard to see the humor in little yellow loogies when I’d rather be breathing deeply, running swiftly, and checking off my scheduled workouts.
Meh. In this weather, you’ll neither breathe easily nor run swiftly anyway. Good for you for running while hocking up loogies, though.
You are my hero. Not only hocking loogies but writing about them as well. I wanted to drop in and say hey! Sorry to hear you were feeling under the weather but glad to hear you’re on the road to recovery. Hope to see you soon.
xoxo
Kathy
@ least they are not GREEN…or BLACK..that’d be bad….