Six Days

As the days wind down, I really have very little to do except wait and preserve my health. I just can't get sick. Feeling bad is not an option.

On my way to work this morning I almost stabbed a woman sitting next to me who kept coughing into her sleeve over and over again. If I had not been so tired I definitely would have gotten up and moved somewhere else. Then I noticed the guy in front of me sneezing and the woman to my right who smelled profoundly like cat. It was like some weird "germ spawning zone" and all of a sudden I was the hypochondriac.

I've been taking daily doses of vitamin C to preserve my health which, until today, felt pretty good. Unfortunately, my stomach has been giving me some problems since Sunday when I had some pasta for dinner. That has all been compounded by a dramatic change in the weather that has left me sleepy with a slight headache all day.

I went running on Friday evening at the gym and probably overdid it. I was watching U2's "Rattle and Hum" movie on the monitor and just took off in a sprint during "Where the Streets Have No Name." I think I must have been going at about 9mph at one point. Probably not the best of moves. The guy running to my right seemed like he was training for the marathon as well and must have thought I was nuts.

I ran to and from the gym and did four miles on the treadmill for a total of 5.18 miles that night.

On Sunday I ran from my old neighborhood in Cobble Hill back to Park Slope for a total of about 3.66 miles. I ended up adding a little distance at the end just to kill time. I was hoping to do about 4 miles but it ended up being just 3.66 in about 35 minutes. The weather was great and I tested out all of my equipment.

This morning, under a nearly black sky at 7:16am, I did a lap around Prospect Park. I kept a nice easy pace but started feeling some unusual pain in my ankles and lower calf. Hopefully that will not persist. I took some Tylenol later in the day and the pain seemed to dissipate.

I'm looking forward to sleeping late once this whole thing is over.