Every Flippin Step!

I'm really not going to be down about this, it will be ok I know.

I went to bed last night with a sore throat, I hoped it had been caused by the singing on Friday evening but knew deep down that it wasn't.  I woke up with it this morning and really wasn't feeling my best, certainly not 18 miles worth of best!.  I spoke to my support team, Jan was coming over to cycle with me as she isn't able to run at the moment because of her foot.  She decided not to come as having just got over a cold she really doesn't want another one.  She said that it really isn't a good idea to run when you are fighting something like a cold, you need every ounce of effort to run 18 miles and if everything isn't working towards the same goal you've lost before you start.  Now I have to be honest, this was music to my ears.  The last thing I wanted to do today was run 18 miles so the question was did I really not feel well or was I just being totally pathetic . . . again!.  After a lot of sole searching I decided not to run and try to nip whatever this is in the bud.  I may - possibly - depending on how I feel go later and just do 5 or 6 miles, just so I have done something but I do need to eat something and so far I haven't really felt like that either!.

This week coming is the last high mileage week and I really wanted it to be a good one.  There's no reason though why it can't still be.  Next Sunday I must be fit enough to run 20 miles, that's the goal now.