I have been a bad little blogger, but I really have nothing to post about because I've been so sick.

I had started feeling better last week and I was so sick of feeling lazy so I decided to try an easy two miler just to see how it felt. My legs felt great. My lungs, not so much. Turns out a nasty cold will seriously diminish one's lung capacity and apparently my inability to shoot an effective snot rocket ended up causing me to gasp for air for much of the run.

Then of course I got more sick than I had been. So it was back to no running.

Today I was fed up with it again and wanted to earn a few more points for HBBC so I went out for a four miler. This time my legs were feeling pretty heavy around mile 2.5. I stopped and walked for a few minutes and then went with a R4/W1 for the rest of the time.

Again, same chest problems as before. It was really hard to breath so I got several side stitches and had to hock a few loogies so i wouldn't choke (sorry that's probably TMI) Suffice it to say, I did not look pretty on my run today.

I still managed to do OK in the HBBC. I snuck some cardio in here and there, mostly in the form of walking to and from work and on most of my errands and playing Wii with my cousin. Those things didn't really seem to bother my disease. I'll have to tally up my points tomorrow to make sure I'm not missing anything. I'm sure I didn't do great because I was sick, but I was happy that I managed to work in some activity or stretching where I could.

Last night I got in my scheduled three miler, which ended up being closer to a 4.3ish miler, but I'm not complaining. Overall things went well. I was tired when I got home from work, but I knew I wanted to get out and get this run done.

It was definitely chilly went I started and for a while I was wishing I had layered one of my lighter fleeces over my Under Armour, but after about the second mile I wasn't feeling too cold anymore and by the end I was really glad I hadn't worn the fleece.

I did try out this new pair of running gloves my mom bought me at an expo. I'm not a fan of running in gloves because they usually make my hands all sweaty, but these gloves rocked and I only found myself wanting to take them off at the very very end.

I did the same route on 16th St. that I did last week and it worked well except for a few a street crossing right at the beginning and end. There's a traffic circle separating D.C. from Silver Spring that is a true pain in the ass to navigate in car or on foot. Lucky for me, a very nice lady stopped and let me cross the street when I had the right of way after a whole of bunch other cars hadn't.

Adding my commute (1.5 miles of walking round trip!) and my stretching to my run, I earned 6.4 points to kick off the HBBC! Not a bad start!

I've got a 6 miler on tap for tonight. Time to hit up MapMyRun for a good route.

Edit:
I was looking for awesome night time/early morning running gear so that I can see where I'm going. I always think head lamps look clunky and I just can't bring myself to strap something on my head. But then I stumbled across this:


It's a running hat, with a little light built into it. How perfect! I want one so badly. Hint, hint Christmas is just around the corner and it's less than $20.