The run-around

nasty storm is rolling in and my training calls for me to run 50 miles this week, including a 20-miler again by the weekend.

But it looks like God and universe may have other plans for me.

I’m afraid I’m in for the run-around in the form of bad weather and sickness, not mileage, ahead.  That’s the risk you take with winter training.

Tarzan woke up at 2 a.m. last night complaining of a headache but he didn’t have a fever, thankfully. I gave him lots of water to drink and some Tylenol. He fell back to sleep somewhere around 3 a.m.

It took me another hour to wind down and go back to sleep myself. I was worried he might come down with something and not be able to go to preschool today. 

I was relieved when he woke up his same peppy self at 7 a.m., ready for breakfast and preschool.

We got away unscathed today, but that won’t be the case tomorrow.

The district already has announced that Jane’s school will be closed tomorrow. We’re expected to get a boatload of snow with a high temperature of 7 degrees before the storm heads east to causes havoc there, too.

It also would not surprise me if Tarzan or Jane still came down with the creeping crud that seems to be making the rounds.
 
“The Dude” just suffered two weeks with the crud. He went into work anyway during that time but he came home every single night and spent all weekend laying in front of the TV with the energy of a banana slug. It was fun times indeed.

The most important thing is have everyone healthy from here forward. I’ll do my best to keep the crud at bay and roll with if it comes.

I’m preparing for a day tomorrow of cookie-baking, fort-building, crafts, Wii and videos to keep my niños going while El Niño does its stuff.

Today I trudged nine miles on the treadmill. If I’m lucky I might get another round of running indoors tomorrow when “The Dude” gets home from work.

When I was younger I used to get so frustrated when I experienced the run-around in life. These days I kinda expect it’s going to happen occasionally, even with my training. That’s why I hit it hard today, because you never know what tomorrow will bring.

I suppose that is true of anything we face in life.

I might as well enjoy tomorrow’s snow day and burn off those extra cookies I know I’ll probably eat when the weather perks up again, on a day when it’s not the run-around.

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Aging is inevitable, but growing old is a choice. Lace up your shoes, and let’s go!

Mileage today: 9; Denver to Boston miles logged: 1,212; Miles left to go: 558.

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