Dear James, Daniel and Emily,
Wanted to run, but a couple of things that came up made that a bad choice:
1. Starting yesterday I started getting the scratchy throat that normally leads to a cold. And since I have the race on Saturday the worst thing I could do was to aggravate that by wearing myself out physically. By now I know my body pretty well, and know that when these colds hit the best practice is to take it easy the first couple of days, focus on getting as much rest as I can.
2. We had a late snow storm last night, and while we didn't get a lot of snow what we did get covered the sidewalks. And that would have meant running on what amounted to a sheet of ice. And again, with the race coming up the last thing I want is to hurt myself.
3. My legs are still a little sore, probably not so much from Sunday but from that plus doing knee bends yesterday. Probably pushed that a little too hard.
If I hadn't paid for this race and hadn't made plans for it I might well have pushed it. But in light of those factors I made the smart choice. It's times like this I remind myself that missing 1 or 2 workouts are not the end of the world, and that sometimes the body needs rest more than it needs exercise.
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