Lurgy :-(

Typical!  I finish work for Christmas and get struck down with lurgy!  Seems I didn't manage to escape all those disgusting people coughing without covering, suppose it was inevitable really.

This is the third year in a row now that my Christmas training plans have been ruined.  Last year I hurt my ankle on my first day off work and the year before I had the worst lurgy I've ever had which saw me lying on the couch all day Christmas day and unable to eat much of my Christmas meal.  It's as if as soon as I start to wind down and relax, my defences weaken!  I'm so gutted as I had planned on getting in so much training over these two weeks.  Just hope it goes away quickly.

After having not run the previous three days I really wanted to get out today, although it was probably quite a silly thing to do, given the rattle in my chest (I've always followed the advice that if the cold is above the neck it's OK to run but if it's below the neck you should just rest, but I'm sick of just resting!).  I drove to the barn and just intended to do an easy, slow run around Anglezarke.  That's exactly what I did, although I'm not sure I'd call it easy as I did feel quite out of breath and there was quite a bit of coughing up of nasty stuff (sorry!).

Ah well, it's done now and I don't really feel any worse for it, although I was over the moon when it was over and I saw my van sitting waiting for me.

Total distance - 7.35 miles

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