Finally Fever Free

Day 393 - January 28, 2010

My fever finally broke yesterday and I went back to work today. I'm still far from 100% and my energy is still pretty low. I did push my run out to a mile and a half tonight which was just far enough that I coughed up both lungs when I finished. But, it's all down hill from here. I expect it will be another week before I feel 100%, but my pace was better today.

The important thing is I survived and so did the running streak. Thank you Motrin for giving me a small window each day where I could struggle through a run. On to 1000.

Day 5 - this is getting old

Day 390 - January 25, 2010

Today was the fifth straight day of having a fever of 101+. Ugggh. So, how do you keep a running streak going when you are that sick? My plan the last three days has been to load up on the motrin - wait for it to take full effect, then go out and plod through 1 mile, crawl back into bed, and sleep.

And for the record, I did go to the doctor today. They confirmed I was sick, thanks Doc, and told me it was probably viral. They ruled out H1N1 flu, which is what I thought it was going to be, but then told me the test has a 30% false negative rate. That's comforting.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to writing more about running and less about my health, so keep your fingers crossed and hopefully I will have this kicked in another day or so.

Day 3 of the fever that won't quit.

Day 388 - January 23, 2010

This is the third day of running a fever over 100+F. Yesterday I felt fine though the day and attempted what I thought would be an easy 3 miles after work. I struggled through the entire run - even took a rest break at the turnaround. By the time I drove home, I felt terrible and my fever was back.

Today, I'm still feeling the effects of the fever. As long as I keep the Motrin dosage where it needs to be, I feel less like death, but I have to admit that I contemplated not running today. Instead, I ran the bare minimum 1 mile loop in the neighborhood and the running streak continues. Hopefully the fever will not.

fever and sleet - nice

Day 386 - January 21, 2009

I came home from work with a fever of 100.3 and I still needed to run today. To top it off, it was raining and sleeting. Awesome! Needless to say, I chose a short run. Two miles will have to be good enough.