think i'm sick in 2013-2014

So, I just realized (even though I mentioned it in the last entry) that I have a race in 10 days. And yet, on Tuesday I ate nothing but junk food. On Wednesday, I was so over-caloried that I was never quite hungry, and snacked on Easter candy in the office. And Thursday, I stayed home with a sinus headache (because hey, I have a week of use-it-or-lose-it sick leave) and spent all day feeling irritable, trembly and weak from two days of eating like crap. (All the veggies, sauce-less and seasoned pasta, and soda today. Because water wasn't cutting it, unfortunately.)

However, I've since taken the trash out and showered, and now I feel like a real human.

The interesting part is that while the Blerch had an unqualified success for two days, now the last thing I want is to eat crap and lay around. I'm itching to run, to lift weights, to eat well, all of it. I purged the Blerch from my system and I'm raring to go--and I'd like to think that the extended time not-running has given my legs a nice rest, and I'll be primed for minimal to no shin splints over the next 10 days. The weather has been abominable, anyway: cold and dreary as January, in mid-April. Also, I didn't gain any weight. Probably from my practical fasting yesterday.

As an additional perk, my ears are healing nicely. Sleeping and cleaning aren't nearly as irritating as they were a few days ago.

You win some, you lose some.