Hello everyone! I hope you have had a great Monday, I know a lot of people aren’t working today! I have been a very busy bee working today, catching up from being on vacation. It made the day just fly by! Unfortunately, I am still pretty sick. The kind of sick where you are just miserable and want to rip your nose off your face. Yes, very pleasant feeling indeed!
My husband and I were supposed to stay in Disney through Sunday…well…we ended up coming back Friday morning. On Wednesday morning, my husband woke up sweating. He wasn’t feeling awful at that point, but not great either. We hoped he wasn’t getting sick..but he was. Wednesday night it hit him full force. Sweats, fever, and chills. Thursday he laid in bed all day, and I made the executive decision that we would go home Friday instead of Sunday. one reason for that decision….I started not feeling so hot either. The drive home was miserable because we both felt bad and had to drive ten hours! We then spent all of Saturday and Sunday on the couch, and I have spent all day today on the couch, but at least I have been working from the couch all day! But, despite drinking lots of hot tea, soup, and resting, I still feel yucky!
Was this coincidence? Maybe just because we were in germ infested Disneyworld? I think not! I think we are suffering from what I like to call “post marathon sickies.”
I found an article on Runner’s World about post race Swine flu. It also talks about general post race illness, and how your immune system can potentially be down for 72 hours after an endurance event such as the marathon. It also talked about other things as being factors, like age and lack of rest….So I started thinking about our week…We ran the marathon on 3 hours of sleep, then the next day, we went to the Magic Kingdom all day and it POURED rain and we walked around in puddles and soaking wet shoes all day. HHmmm…I am sure THAT didn’t help!
So, what are some things we could have done different. Well, resting more after, NOT splashing in puddles, being sure to wash our hands more and not touch our faces, etc. may have helped as well. I don’t think it’s something we could have totally avoided, but I also was a little naïve and thought I was strong enough and smart enough to not have it happen to me. How silly!
So, keep in mind the next time you are participating in an endurance event to be very aware of the fact that you very well might get sick afterwards! I think the most important thing is to listen to your body when it tells you it is run down and getting sick! Rest rest rest!
***I am hoping to have my race recap up tomorrow, so come back! Also, if you follow me in Google reader, PLEASE be sure to update your feed to this: http://www.runningwithsass.com/?feed=rss2 to make sure my posts show up in your reader! Here are a couple of sneak peak pictures for you from this week….
QOTD: Have you ever gotten sick after a race?
Sorry to hear you got sick! I got sick the Monday after the 1/2 and I’m just now getting back on my feet. I still have a little chest congestion, but otherwise, I’m feeling better. I seriously haven’t had a cold that bad in a LONG time, if ever! Geez!
Feel better!!!
ug isnt it awful? so sorry you got sick too!
Sorry you got sick. It’s no fun,I know….I definitely got sick after last year’s Disney Half and I couldn’t shake it for a long time. Ugh. miserable. Hope you feel better soon, friend! :0)
thanks. I was hoping to wake up today miraculously healed but no such luck.
The picture of Bobby at CP with his medal reminds me of Piglet trying to eat it…and Bobby’s evil threat! Hahah!
haha that was HILARIOUS. I was crying I was laughing so hard!
Sorry to hear you’re not feeling well. I also got sick the day after coming back from Disney. I suffered at work for 2 days and had to take Friday off because I felt so miserable. I think it was just a nasty head cold, but ugh. My head was so congested and I couldn’t stop sneezing – I was miserable. It’s finally starting to get better. I can’t help but wonder if it’s because I’m recovering from the race and my body is more susceptible to illness or if it was just unfortunate timing.
thats what i think I have. Hubby def. had the flu, different symptons, but I have the coughing/sneezing stuffed but also runny nose and all over yuck feeling!
Sorry you’re still not feeling well
I actually posted about endurance exercise and your immune system the weekend of your marathon. I have some theories!
you need to use me and poor bobby as a case study. ha! I ahve talked to several ppl who came home from disney sick last week!
Sorry you aren’t feeling well, hope you and hubby get better quickly!
Can’t wait to read your recap!
thanks! hoping to have it up tonight!
So sorry that you’re not feeling well! Poor you! Just eat lots of soup: you’ll be up and running (yep, RUNNING) before you can say ‘marathon’!
haha thanks I hope so!
Sorry you are feeling bad! I know that is no fun! I am just now getting over being sick from this past weekend.
thanks kayla!
I hope you get to feeling better soon! Ya’lls pictures from the Marathon looked great!
thanks!
Ugh, I just ran my first marathon on Sunday. It’s Wednesday now, and I definitely have a cold/upper respiratory infection. Didn’t get sick after running the half last year, so I’m assuming that it’s the distance that did it this year. Popular wisdom says that running a full marathon should be twice as hard as a half marathon. But, everyone who runs a marathon knows that that is not the case. It is WAY harder on you physically and emotionally.
yikes, I hope you get better soon!