A run with the runs

Oh boy, click away now if you have a delicate stomach.

I was supposed to go for a 30 minute run today as part of the One Hour Runner program and I was planning on going for a run outside. However, the heavens opened and I’d rather run on the treadmill than run in the rain.

I’ve been feeling a bit dizzy and run down all day and yesterday evening too but I was hoping that my run would clear it up. As I mentioned in a previous post, my daughter has had a stomache bug and hasn’t been sleeping well so neither have my wife and I.

So I went to the gym and started running and it was very tough right from the get go. I was rather surprised as I normally find the first twenty minutes reasonably ok and only start to curse from that point on. About 15 minutes in I started to get really dizzy and I thought “uh oh, what’s going on here then?” I normally sweat quite a bit whilst running but today I was absolutely drenched at that point. I stopped for a minute and went and got some water and thought maybe I was just tired. I got back on and resumed running at a slightly slower pace. About 6 minutes later I felt some rather serious rumblings and hit the emergency stop button and made a beeline for the bathroom. I won’t go into details but suffice to say I think I have caught my daughter’s stomach bug.

I’ll have to redo the run tomorrow now as I only managed 21 minutes and 3.6 km in my aborted run. Oh well, I guess these things happen eh.

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April 1, 2008 | Filed Under running 

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14 Responses to “A run with the runs”

  1. MarshmallowNo Gravatar on April 1st, 2008 5:06 pm

    Oh nooooooooo! If you have a stomach bug, PLEASE, don’t force yourself to do these runs – hope you get better soon!

  2. hanlieNo Gravatar on April 1st, 2008 5:20 pm

    There is nothing worse than a stomach bug! I hate that feeling! Good thing you were not on the road!

  3. AndrewENo Gravatar on April 1st, 2008 8:45 pm

    Ooh…I hadn’t thought of that Hanlie. Yikes.
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  4. SallyNo Gravatar on April 1st, 2008 8:53 pm

    Oh dear, I hope you get better soon! (Normally goes from Emma, to Andrew and eventually… me :-/ hopefully not this time!!)

    Probably better to wait and see how you feel tomorrow before you decide if you are running or not.
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  5. Karen SugarpantsNo Gravatar on April 2nd, 2008 1:07 am

    OH NO! Hope you’re feeling better. Yikes!

  6. RobNo Gravatar on April 2nd, 2008 3:10 am

    Sometimes bad runs happen to good people. Hope you feel better.

  7. Diana the Scale JunkieNo Gravatar on April 2nd, 2008 5:19 am

    Crap! Its a good thing you weren’t running outside and 2 miles from home, that could have been…uncomfortable.

    Thankfully the stomach flu seems to go as quickly as it comes on, I hope you’re feeling better soon, stay hydrated!!

  8. AndrewENo Gravatar on April 2nd, 2008 7:16 am

    Thanks all. Hopefully it has ‘passed’.
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  9. AmyNo Gravatar on April 2nd, 2008 8:12 am

    Hi there!

    I just discovered your blog. Great spot indeed… I’ll be stopping by more frequently I suspect! :)

    amysquesttoskinny.blogspot.com

  10. AndrewENo Gravatar on April 2nd, 2008 8:17 am

    Amy:

    Welcome! Make yourself at home.

    :)

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  11. Chief WahooNo Gravatar on April 2nd, 2008 2:27 pm

    Just be glad you weren’t running outside…it could have been worse…

  12. AndrewENo Gravatar on April 2nd, 2008 6:51 pm

    Oh yes!

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  13. SarahNo Gravatar on April 3rd, 2008 8:51 am

    Oh no! I had a similar situation occur during an aerobics class once… not fun!

  14. AndrewENo Gravatar on April 3rd, 2008 9:42 am

    Funny afterwards though!

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