No lurgies, please!!

This morning I had a strange feeling in my ears, like the tissue they're attached to was stiff, but not quite like it was about to move downwards to become a sore throat. I ignored it, but decided to skip today’s long run. This afternoon I felt pretty much normal* and since I had a streak run to do I headed off to my mum to borrow her daily newspaper. Apparently a bad idea – legs like lead and no spring in my step whatsoever. When I got home and saw the pulse curve that came out of my garmin I immediately saw why – I only ran for just over a mile but for the majority of it my pulse was about 194. Bit on the high side, no? I didn’t feel it though, and I wasn’t even out of breath! Good thing I have a bucket-sized container of ice cream in the freezer! For medicinal use, obviously. * it’s all relative of course…