Apocalyptic

A cloud of sickness was over our household these past few weeks.

First, the husband and the boy were sick with a nasty sinus-y cold, then, the husband went away for a boys' weekend away and the daughter got sick. After his return, I started with the same cough as the girl... we were a family of yuck. Last week, it was confirmed (through x-rays no less!) that both of the ladies of the house were fighting with pneumonia and were placed on antibiotics.

Needless to say, there has not been much activity in the house since the triathlon. This is not to say I haven't wanted to exercise... quite the opposite, actually I YEARNED for the day that I could return to my regular exercise. I DESPERATELY wanted to run in the gorgeous fall weather we had, but held myself back in fear of making myself worse by rushing back too quickly.

On Tuesday evening, I decided to test the waters with a run around the neighbourhood. Less than 2 km and near my home just in case I felt the need to quit early. The first km sucked while I tried to sort out all the kinks my body had settled into over the last week and a half. My right calf hurt, my breathing was off, my mouth was dry but I kept going. And the second km felt much better.

Tonight, I am going to bootcamp and tomorrow, I hope to flush out some of the lactic acid that will undoubtedly arise from tonight's hell fun.

Saturday, I am signed up with a few friends to run my first obstacle course. And it should be a fun one! It is being held at my old stomping grounds, the NCEP and I'm going into it completely blind. I know it is a 5k course; I know it is an obstacle course; but I don't know anything else about it. The race organizers have kept the specific obstacles under wraps and have only told us that we will be completing the course while being chased by zombies... did I mention that? Sounds like a ghoulishly fun time! Those interested can check out their website here. Our team, named "Outrun, Outlast, Out...brain" is scheduled to run in the 11am heat. We are hoping to prove ourselves worthy of the team name and to survice the zombie apocalypse. The kids will NOT be joining us for this one... don't want to deal with nightmares of their momma being chased after by zombies for the next 15 years! ;-)