The Joy of A Sinus Infection

Keystone – 3.63 – 50:18.  The sky was blue, there was ice on the road, the temperature was 20 degrees, the altitude was 9200 feet, and I felt like crap.  If you’ve been following at home, you noticed that I didn’t run this week.  Even night, when I crawled into bed, I had pain in my sinuses (that magic spot between your eyes when it feels like you have tiny ball bearings rolling around in your head.)  I finally felt better yesterday but decided to take one more day off.  Last night, when I went to bed, I felt fine.

I had low expectations for today’s run and it delivered.  The combination of no running, being low energy anyway, cold recovery, and the altitude helped the run live down to its expectations.  I turned around after about 2 miles and ran into Amy within three minutes.  We had started at the same time and she was walking the route!  We walked together for a quarter of a mile and then I started up again.  At least I got my ass out there.