My mother has had a sore throat and general sick feeling for a week or so now.  It seems it has been passed on to me.  I woke up at 3 AM with a sore throat.  I laid around until me alarm went off at 4 AM and my throat was still sore.  I made myself some tea out of the last tea pod and my throat was no longer sore, but I was running late.

I warmed up for 5 minutes on the treadmill, then did the abbreviated stretch routine (+ITB stretch), exercises 3, 4, 7, 9 for strength training (number 9 went much better today; maybe one day I'll get the hang of 7), walked for a quarter mile on the treadmill, ran 1.5 miles, and cooled down with a quarter mile walk.

My pace is really horrendous, but I have to remind myself that I'm taking things really slow, so that I won't get injured and so, I'll be able to accomplish my running goal for this year and the next.  My time at the Shamrock Shuffle will probably suck big time, so I might want to throw in another race, so it can be eliminated from my standings in the Circuit.

I did manage to gain back 2 pounds, so I'm less worried about not meeting the weight requirements.