Stupid cold... and YURBUDS WINNER!

Hey all!  So, I serious hope this isn't a repeat of this last April right before the marathon!!  I have a nasty head cold with some flu like symptoms.  Awesome.  I ran the Huntsville 1/2 marathon on Saturday (race report to come... been too sick to think about writing about it... but it was AMAZING!)  and then on Monday I did 6 miles and then yesterday... I was supposed to hammer out 8 miles.  Sure.  No problem.  I got to two miles and I had almost finished my entire water bottle due to 90 degree weather and being sick.  Seriously, what was I thinking??  So, I went home.  Feeling defeated.  Achy, headache, fever... depressing.  So today I woke up feeling so awful but I still had to go to work. Anyways, enough of my self pity party...

What I am trying to remember is: listen to your body.  It stinks to be sick or to know you have an injury... but to keep running through the pain or sickness could = bigger problems.  I need to let my body heal and not worry too much about how many miles I should have this week.  There are 3 weeks until San Antonio.  I am nervous.  I am supposed to have my last really long run this weekend.  I just hope my body is up for it.  Then I will enter the taper weeks.  I sure hope I kick this cold/flu to the curb so I can get it done on Saturday.  I am just thankful that this isn't "walking pneumonia" like it was this last April.  Yeah.  That was ridiculous.  Don't ask me how I ran the SLC marathon right after I got over that...

Okay... so the real reason you are all reading this... let's get to the winner of the Yurbuds giveaway!

Out of 72 entries, Random.org chose # 44!!

#44... Pretend this is real said: I LOVE the pink ones.

Okay... so I apologize, "Pretend this is real"- I don't know your name.  I looked on your profile and blog- but didn't see it.. so I'm sorry! Please e-mail me at cscriddle [at] gmail [dot] com and I will give you all the information for ordering that you will need!  Congrats!!

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