What Happens When You Get Sick?

Training during the winter months is fraught with all types of peril. Running on slippery streets, jumping into a chilly pool on a cold winter morning (indoors of course, but it's still cold), training in the dark, putting on five layers of clothing, and then sweating through all of them.

But there is one risk that outweighs them all - it's more vexing, more troublesome, more frustrating and downright annoying than anything else. It's the dreaded head cold.

The headaches, sore throat, congested sinus, fatigue, coughing fits, low-grade fever... Oh it's a regular picnic. And of course it's always at it's worst when you first get up in the morning - making it that much harder to get any training in.

So what happens when you get sick? Well, in my case, basically nothing. I've been run-down and feeling crummy since Sunday. I managed to get a swim in on Sunday, but nothing since. Each night I hope to wake up feeling like myself again, but each morning I feel like doo-doo. But, that's how it goes. Sometimes life throws you a curve ball and you just have to deal with it.

Hopefully tomorrow will be the day I get back in the swing of things. If I can just clear up my stuffy ear.