Running sick

My Reindeer Run race was supposed to be my goal race for the season and I really wanted to better my Turkey Day time. An intervening trip to Chicago and the obligatory cold that followed messed up my plans, however. Despite the liberal use of decongestants verboten in serious running competitions, I ran a seriously slow race, a minute and 20 seconds slower than last week. Maybe I was being punished by the Olympic Gods. Anyway, lesson learned: don't run while you are sick, the outcome is usually not optimum. It is time now to take a bit of a break over the holidays and run when I feel like it without following any particular schedule. Then next month it is back to building a base.