In case you haven’t seen me, I’ve had a miserable week health-wise. Sore throat, major drainage, eyes feel like they’re going to pop out of my head…

I have a half marathon scheduled this weekend. Unfortunately, I don’t think I can do it. I’m still attending, and I may pace Erin or Caitlin, but I still have my doubts on that. This reminded me that I had canceled a 5K next weekend in order to make this week’s race more doable…

So I began thinking about that 5K last year. I was sick for it! As I recall, it was the exact same thing… So I took a look at my running log. Yep, same thing, just a week later last year. Then I take a look at ’07… Yep, same thing, but two weeks later than this year… I think I’m on to something. Looks like I was fine in ’06, but my log is a bit bare in ’05. Regardless, I’ve got three years of data showing I have some sort of allergy around this time… That’s good enough for me.

So that’s that. Journals of some sort are cool. This is the first time my running log has provided me anything useful other than letting me know I’ve been getting a bunch faster.

I suppose I should no longer plan races from mid to late May in the future. I do think Caitlin and I’ll be racing the 5K next weekend though; if you’re out by Round Hill, stop by.