Training Log Archive: slauenstein

T25 lower body focus.

We got some bad news and I needed to blow off some steam, but I can't exercise outdoors because of my cough, so I did a T25 plus the cool down. It was tough and my calves were burning and I got sweaty. Just what I needed.

Afterwards I ate lunch and while I was eating I could feel that my stomach didn't feel right. Felt nauseous all afternoon.

Now, I'm laying in bed because I just threw up. A short term relief is here, but if this stomach flu is like it is with the kids, than I have a few more hours of pain ahead of me.

C • oh no! 1

Got on the bike in attempt to sweat a bit and have my blood circulate a bit. I am convinced that this is necessary for the well being of my body. When I don't exercise regularly, my armpit sweat starts to smell. Normally I am pretty much oder free, so I guess exercising really gets some sort of toxins out of your body.

So to add salt to my wounds, I had to get Lena from daycare today because she started throwing up. She threw up 5 times this afternoon, most often on me. Poor girl, but between bouts she was actually happy and playing. She slept only twice for about 45 minutes this afternoon and luckily she only threw up in bed once. Now she seems better and wants to eat food, so the worst is over. Now we also know that Matti's stomach problem last week was not food poisoning. My head is still pounding, am I also fighting this bug? We will see.

When will this chain of illness stop? I can't take much more of it.

C • Hugs! 5

Took today off of any type of exercise and felt a bit better by the evening. But for some reason I slept badly, even though Lena slept well and I woke up on Monday with a strong headache that just won't go away.

I felt good enough to go out for a run and since Matti was asleep and Lena was not, it was a good opportunity to give Marc a moment for himself if I went stroller running. It went well and I even felt ok on the steep uphill in the vineyards. Unfortunately, after running my chest started to close up and coughing got worse. By the time I went to bed, I felt pretty crappy and I woke up during the night with a headache. Lena woke me up 3 times as well, so no real rest for me and my body just can't handle it, so I am back to feeling sick and my grumpiness factor is pretty high.

Things are slowly calming down illness wise, Matti is better, Marc's cough is almost gone and mine is dwindling. 15 min on the bike seemed like an appropriate attempt to get some exercise without pushing myself too hard. I hope we are slowly past our plagues and can start up some of our normal habits of running and sleeping.