FitOldDog’s Training Diary (Day 106 of 221), Aortic Surgery To Lake Placid Ironman 2014 - Sick, So I Put On A Brisket And Went To Bed

Brisket in a bun.

Click image for recipe (no bread in my Paleo case).

Buggar! Yesterday, Rick abandoned the swim at about 200 yards, because of a stomach virus.

Picture of beautiful blue flowers along the trail.

Beautiful blue flowers along the trail.

Nick, Deb’s 16-year old son arrived in Breckenridge to snowboard two days ago, and reported feeling sick. Now I’m sick with a chest cold. Second in so many weeks, and yes I’m sleeping and eating well and not overtraining.

Infectious organisms at work.

Workout: 2-mile meandering wander with the dogs along a trail with lots of lovely smells and pretty flowers.

Then I decided that the only thing to do, even though Marsha won’t approve, was to put on a brisket in my slow cooker and go to bed, which I did. It’ll be ready at 4:00 a.m. Perfect timing.

 

Comments

  1. Pauline Watson says:

    Its flu season all over it seems. I picked up a stomach virus in Tucson, gave it to Bob , then imported it to Canada, and added a ‘cold’. Enforced rest time. Possibly contributed to by overtraining. Its a fine balance. I hope you feel better soon. ‘What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger’ as my math professor used to note on his exams.

    • I never did like math exams, but I loved the beauty of math, especially integral calculus for some reason - but it was never easy. Recovering but wonky. Will check out the swim thing, would make a nice mix-it-up. Don’t forget I have Mont-Tremblant in August. - wonkyolddog

  2. Ohhhh, that brisket looks so good. I dare have some meat once in a great while, and that is one of my favorite things. Where’s the sauce though? Truthfully though, my immune system should be studied as, so far, I have not had any URIs since maybe last May. I am usually very sick with sinusitis, bronchitis, requires steroids and antibiotics x3 to get rid of it. I can only credit my plant-strong eating; no other reason for it.

    • I think I like my steamed spinach even more than meat. Eating some now. Recovering slowly. It’s being doing the rounds apparently. Off for a gentle walk with Sue and Willbe, while Deb sleeps on after he 12-hour shift. The trick is to find what works for us, I guess.

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