Cough, cough, cough

Looks like my seasonal cough is here - hooray! The one that lasts for 2 to 3 weeks and stays calm and quiet for a couple hours, then sends me into a 20 minute coughing fit, then repeats. The one that wakes me up at some random time in the middle of the night to lay away coughing for an hour. Fun!

Despite this, I've still been going to morning boot camp. Before my cold hit, I happened to read Andrea's blog about working while sick. Andrea is an acquaintance of mine from NIU and we are both friends with my "big brother" Greg. We've been chatting a lot more via FB in recent months about working out, running, blogging, eating healthy. I love her blog, Onion in My Hair. It's put together very well, entertaining and informative. Case in point - I remembered her recent post about working out with a cold when I awoke on Tuesday morning with terrible congestion. It motivated me to go work out anyway (thanks, Andrea!) and I was really glad I did. It may not have been my best workout ever, but I felt fine afterward and didn't have to battle the regret of missing a workout! I took my Tylenol cold pills before class on Wednesday morning, and that helped me give a better workout performance since it got rid of my headache.

Friday was a bit more of a challenge. I felt more tired than normal when the alarm went off and went into a coughing attack right away. I really wanted to stay in bed and get more rest, but I knew I would hate missing Friday morning boot camp. So, I dragged myself out of bed and once again, I found I would have regretted missing class more than anything else. My coughing ceased for awhile and my congestion cleared up quite a bit.

When I got home from work yesterday, a UPS package was waiting for me. It was my packet from Skyrise Chicago! The Sears/Willis Tower Climb is a little over a week away, next Sunday the 6th.


Not too many free goodies with this one - a wristband and a water bottle - but I think there should be some good freebies after the race. The realization that I'll be climbing 103 floors didn't hit me until I read the info packet: "Water stations will be on floors 24, 33, 42..." Seeing it laid out like that freaked me out a bit! This will definitely be an interesting challenge...

Remember that you can still make donations to my personal fundraising page for the event!