Split Decisions

Well after all my talk about running yesterday, I didn't actually make it out there in the end.

I got to yesterday afternoon and found that my throat was starting to feel a little bit scratchy. We are in deep in the heart of cold and flu season here in Perth and you always hear a few sniffles around the place. I am super careful when it comes to hygiene at this time of year, particularly with a race coming up. But sometimes you just get unlucky.

I was mindful of all this when my throat started to feel sore yesterday so I made the call and rested for the afternoon. Going to bed last night I wasn't feeling much better, but I also wasn't feeling any worse. Sort of to close to make a call for training this morning, so I made plan to get up this morning and see how I was. I was hoping that I would either feel fine or worse, making my decision clear either way.

This morning I woke up and I was still a bit fuzzy on what I should do. I didn't feel any worse, in fact my throat felt pretty close to okay, which is a very good sign (when I get sick it usually starts with a fairly sore throat). I still didn't feel 100% either. I was a bit undecided. In the end I actually crawled back into bed thinking that I would give myself the morning and then reassess this afternoon before deciding whether to train later in the day or not. But as I lay there thinking, I decided that I really didn't feel that bad and that I should head down to the pool and at least get wet. If I got there and found that I wasn't up for playing then I would just head to work super early.

Once at the pool I think I still didn't feel 100%. Hard to say with a Wednesday morning session, saying the session was tough doesn't really mean much since they always are. In the end I was feeling it a little bit on anything over 200m and so let myself ease back, taking 100m break here and there when I felt I needed it. I still got through 5200m (would have been a 5400m session without the breaks). I even led the lane for a little bit there towards the end, which I strongly suspect I wasn't up for but there you go. The session went okay, but I did feel like I was missing that last little bit of intensity which you need sometimes.

So really I am still unsure. I generally feel a bit more blocked up than normal, but that could just be the weather. My heart rate has been about right, so things look good on that front. My plan is to continue to 'observe and monitor' before deciding whether to head out this afternoon for my run from yesterday. As things currently stand I think I will be heading out. If I get out and find that I am actually not up for the session then I can always head home again.