New York City Marathon is coming up in exactly 6 days, and I’m very excited. Got a 4 mile run on Saturday at East River Park. Yesterday I got to the gym and had a nice workout, including lots of sit ups (trust me, need lots of work there). In the morning, I also got in a little hard labor raking leaves and planting bulbs at my New Jersey weekend house. Also, even though I’m eating like crazy, my weight is very stable. All very good signs. Also did some toenail maintenance on Saturday – little too gross to describe here, but better to get those things out of the way well before the day of a big race.
Yesterday morning, though, woke up with a little tickle in the throat. Seemed to get progressively worse during the day. So far, just seems like a cold and not an all out illness. Went to sleep at 9pm last night and got 9 good hours of sleep in. Still bothering me this morning but will try to get rest, rest and more rest this week. My business trip may actually be a blessing in disguise. At home, I’m lucky to get to sleep by 11 (my kids are usually up till 10:30) and need to be up by 6 to start the get-ready-for-school routine. Middle of the night nosebleeds (or other such interruptions) are not uncommon. While away, I should be able to get a good, uninterrupted, 9 hours each night!
I’m on the upper east side quite a bit, and last night I was looking for the giant banner they usually hang up on the Queensboro Bridge, and the blue line. Not there yet, but should be very soon! Forecast for Sunday looks OK – 30% chance of showers and temps in the low 50s. That would be fine with me. While I would have gladly taken yesterdays weather, 50’s is definitely better than 60’s.
Definitely will be focused on rest today, but may still try to get in an easy 3-5 miler later on.
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