Training Day 12 of 71: Sick and Tired

Toward the end of last week I caught a cold. I thought that it wouldn't have much impact on my training, but decided to postpone my 5 mile Saturday run to Sunday, so that I'd be a little stronger. Sunday came and I really did not feel up for it, so I postponed it until today. Today I woke up feeling significantly better. Sore throat was practically nonexistent and the pressure in my ear canals had subsided, so despite major mucus production I decided to go for it.

It is very hot here in LA today. At least 80 degrees with bright sun. My route was to jog to the La Cienega Park for 3 laps around the track, then along Gregory Way until I hit Rodeo Drive, then turn around and jog home on Charleville. During this 3 day hiatus I've been reading ChiRunning by Danny Dreyer and for my run today I planned to try out the fundamentals of the ChiRunning technique. The jog started out okay. While trying to implement ChiRunning I noticed that I think I already do it to some extent - the posture is exactly the same as Tadasana in yoga and the general attitude of being relaxed and leading with the heart is what I've already been working on. Also the breath - which he calls 'belly breathing' is very similar to Ujjayi breath which I try to do throughout my yoga practice so that wasn't so different.

It was all going fine until I'd completed my 3 laps around the La Cienega track and was on the hot concrete trudging through Beverly Hills. Basically, I just felt so weak I couldn't really go on. I probably could have forced myself to go on, but that's not very yogic and doesn't align with the ChiRunning philosophy either. So after about 2 miles of jogging, I turned around and walked 2 miles home. My eyes burned and body was quite weak. I got home and ate an egg sandwich with avocado, then passed out for an hour. I am disappointed that I got a cold. I'm worried that I will not recover in time to get back on track with training for my 9 mile run this weekend. I miss how I felt when I wrote the last entry on prana. Oh well. Onward.