Running In Place

….not just a figure of speech!!

Oh man, did I get hit with a gastrointestinal bug or what!!! I am finally feeling more human today but have not run since Sunday ! I am totally doing the 5 miler on Saturday and working on rehydrating tonight and through tomorrow. I don’t know if I should run tomorrow evening or not. Originally I was not going to, but that was on the assumption that I would have gotten a couple of runs in prior. I don’t know if I should keep it a “rest” day or maybe just go for a couple of miles.

In other news, I spent my sick days at home plotting a monster trip in April (while I’m between jobs ) to see some friends and family. I plan to head down to Philidelphia first to see some friends that I actually met while in Ireland, then to DC to see my sister-in-law and her husband, on to North Carolina where I will see a very old and dear friend (and run a local 5 or 10k while I’m there - I’m thinkin’ 10), then up and over to Cincinnati to see another dear friend, then up a little farther in Ohio to see my cousin and his family before heading on home! Just me and the road baby!! Periods of solitude exclamated by time with people I love (some of whom I haven’t seen in too long). My husband, as usual, totally rocks and has completely encouraged this plan (NO - it’s cause he loves me, not cause he wants to get rid of me - Jeez!).

So. Four weeks from today I say good-by to my job and cast off into the career unknown. Five weeks from today I’ll be chillin’ in Philly. And 48 hours from now I’ll be posting again about surviving my first 5 miler and how I can’t wait to do it again!!