My horoscope this morning was ‘let your hair down & do something unpredictable’ I certainly have done that this week.
I rarely get sick so when I woke on Tuesday morning with a sore throat I didn’t think anything of it. I had an RDO that day anyway so I was looking forward to a day of training, cleaning the house & resting.
I started to feel that something more sinister was happening when in my pool training session I started to struggle to breathe. My lung capacity was nothing compared to normal & even my coach asked what I was doing in the pool.
My afternoon wind trainer session was painful, but when you’re doing 1 minute maximum strength intervals with 1 minute spinning breaks of course it’s going to hurt. I didn’t think much of it.
I struggled to keep up with Worm when I picked her up from daycare but when your child is as active as mine this is a regular situation & when I popped her to bed at 7.30 I was relieved to be able to relax on the couch again.
Come Wednesday I fronted up at work with no voice & feeling like I’d been hit by a bus, I left at lunch time & leaving Worm in care came home to rest.
Thursday morning I struggled from the get go. It was all my energy to get Worm to care & struggle home. I didn’t leave the lounge from 8am-4pm. The Farmer got home from a week away Thursday night & I was so relieved to allow him to take care of the bedtime & bathtub routine stepping in only when it was time for Worms night time feed.
Friday morning I woke with my temperature still high, my throat was better but my head was still full of snot. I listened to my body and set out for another day of rest.
You know what ‘they’ say. Be careful you wish for – when I wrote the post ‘I Want Time Off‘ I never imagined less than a week later I would be sick on the couch with the flu.
Although I have missed 3 training sessions & have now decided to down grade this Sundays race from 10km to 5km run I am ok with that. I’ve learnt that sometimes it’s ok to stop & allow your body time to recover. This is an important lesson.
When was your last important lesson? What was it? Please let me know via twitter, Facebook or the comments section below
Aww sorry to hear you’ve been unwell! I have been sick with something very similar this week, having returned from 4 days in the Barossa, then Melbourne, then Adelaide. I have spent the rest of the week resting and hoping that Hannah (my 7 month old) doesn’t get sick too – luckily she’s only had the sniffles and the usual teething issues.
My lesson, however, has come through my shop; I’ve had to leave it completely in the hands of my staff, all of whom have only been working for me for between 2-5 weeks. I’ve had to rely on ‘my baby’ being looked after by others, including the ordering and customer service.
What was more surprising for me, however, was the feeling when my staff were congratulated on my Facebook page for their fantastic and knowledgeable service. Normally that’s me they’re talking about, so it felt weird that other people were getting credit for working in my shop. The lesson is, I suppose, to have faith that I’ve done a good job training them and have confidence that they can step up to the plate when needed. We’re a team now and unless I take care of myself, I’m letting the team down. Or something like that… I’m still sick
Thanks for saying Hi Mel, I agree having faith that others can keep the team going is so important to having time off.
I hope you are feeling better soon.