Keeping dry

I've had a terrible week. I (despite all valiant efforts to avoid it) managed to get Graemes' cold/virus. I was so ill I had to come home from work on Monday, went back to work on Wednesday and had to come home from work early on Friday. I thought Graeme was "guilding the lily" and being a bit melodramatic by having the week off work, but in hindsight I think he had the right idea to just give in to it and get himself put right. Luckily, I came home yesterday and slept for most of the afternoon, steamed my face over a bowl of hot water and menthol crystals at every opportunity and I have pretty much repeated the same routine today. I have no sense of taste or smell and I'm coughing a lot of crap up. One of my friends has had this for 3 weeks, and to be honest, if that happens to me I'll have to cancel all of my races for the first half of the year. I don't think it will come to that, as, one of the things I'm good at is coming back from nowhere (although never at a great level where I feel confident at what I'm doing in a race!)

I started plyometrics on Wednesday (probably another thing I shouldn't have done while feeling unwell) but the session went fairly well. About 30 hours afterwards I felt a small niggle in my foot, but I've felt worse after a long run, so I'm not worried (although I'm mindful not to crank the repetitions up too quickly).

So, I'm itching to get back into training but I think I'm going to wait until Monday as hopefully my chest will be clear by then. Lincolns' harness came today, so I think I'll go out for a couple of miles as a tester and take Lincoln with me.

And, as of 18th of January, I'm still alcohol free. I've had a couple of times where I've found keeping dry difficult... one was last week at a meeting when the wine was free and everyone was drinking it but me, and the other really difficult time for me was last night when Graeme decided to fall off the wagon and buy himself a bottle of wine. I told him it was OK and I wasn't bothered, but it was tough not to just nick his glass off him. I think he's having another bottle tonight too, so I'll just have to get myself a thicker skin. All I know is, the longer I leave it, the easier it will feel... she says... hopefully!