I'm into day three of my cold and I feel worse now then I did on day two. The first two day were just a general malaise and frequent usage of Kleenex. Today the coughing has begun. I'm about to take my first dose of "Robitussin DM Extra Strength Cough Relief." I'm not hot on cough syrups but I also don't like taking two days off work either. Caitlin is sick as well so we spent Monday watching cartoons, reading and colouring. Today she is feeling well enough to go to the sitter as Tricia has to work today. I'm trying not to feel too guilty about staying home today becasue nobody needs a hero at work to infect everybody else in the office.
For those of you keeping score I did manage to squeeze my run in yesterday and it felt really good. Just a light sprinkling of rain in the evening to cool me down. Yesterday was the start of my second week of my beginner's running program. I walked the first five minutes then alternated running for three minutes with one minute of walking for 20 minutes followed by a five minute cool down walk. By the end of the fist four weeks I should be able to run for a full thirty minutes without walking. At that point then maybe I can start picking up the pace from what I'd describe as a slowish jog to something more challenging.
On the weight loss front I'm happy to report that I'm down to 263.5 lbs. as of this Monday. Thats down 1.5 lbs. from the week before. I'm happy to keep up the slow but steady pace of weight loss. I'm not looking for a quick fix or other quakery that promises results without hard work.
You may also notice that the layout of this page has changed as well including some missing elements. Not to worry as I'll be restoring more links and the webcam in the coming days and weeks ahead.