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Sick Leave

Like a loyal, hardworking employee, I am distressed over this “sick leave” I had to take, anxious over the fact that—while I was away for just a few days—I may have lost my momentum at work.

It’s been four days since I was attacked by feverrhea. In TBR’s Dictionary, this is defined as “the fever that sets in after you’ve gotten dehydrated from intestinal flu, which always comes as a shocker due to the large amounts of blue Gatorade in one’s system, particularly that of TBR’s.” Oh well, I guess all the cups of coffee I drank during that seminar last week dehydrated me into pieces.

Anyway, I’m all better now. Flushed feverrhea out of my system and down the toilet. But, it doesn’t erase the fact that I lost FIVE full training days. I can’t shake the thought that I may have lost some of the fitness I worked so hard for the past few weeks. Five days is significant considering I’ve been running every single day except for Mondays for almost a month now.  Suddenly, all I did for the past five days was drink soup, watch TV, and…oh yeah…I finished seven banner designs and a flyer too.

Oh well, I’ll find out soon enough.  I will miss all three races this Sunday (as if I was planning to join all of ‘em!  Just Pringles initially…until I got sick) but, if our weather permits, I’ll be running again tomorrow and the day after that and the day after that.

Good luck to all of you joining Pringles, Market Market, and Takbo Para sa Kalusugan!  I wonder which race will have the most runners.  Your guess is as good as mine!

Posted on 05.16.08 to 01 Bullish Insights. Tags: , , , . Subscribe to follow comments on this post. 6 comments. Add your thoughts or trackback from your own site.

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6 Responses to “Sick Leave”

  1. I’m guessing the pringles run will attract most of the elites, the 1st prize for the 3 mile run is P50K! hope to see you in the upcoming races!

    loonyrunner said on May 16 08 at 7:36 PM Reply

  2. Rest is as important as actual training. Our muscles grow and become stronger during the rest period. So ok lang yan Bernadeth!

    markfb said on May 17 08 at 11:45 AM Reply

  3. Loonyrunner, boy I’d love to watch the elite. Hmm…should I?

    Markfb, why is it that my muscles just got flabby and feel weaker now? bwahaha. Sige, salamat diether!

    bullrunner said on May 17 08 at 3:41 PM Reply

  4. Muscles mo kasi relaxed because you rested. You’re not weaker, psychological lang yan or maybe its the stress. Do you take Centrum Performance? Its complete from A to Zinc. hehehe

    Again, its very important to rest and that includes at least 8 hours of sleep. Hoy, masyado gwapo si Diether ha.

    markfb said on May 18 08 at 2:13 PM Reply

  5. Well TBR, 5 days is significant but since you’ve been so diligent on your training it won’t make much of a dent. When you are well trained you can weather being sick, happens all the time. I have friends who got the flu, out a week and be right back into training the following week without losing much fitness. Besides like markfb said, rest is good. When you are in good shape you have more flexibility. My 2 cents.

    Rick said on May 19 08 at 12:29 PM Reply

  6. hmmm.. now it’s my turn to say… don’t drink too much coffee.. it dehydrates :) i kinda have a phobia for watermelon nowadays… hehehe cheers…

    Mukhang Guilty said on May 29 08 at 5:01 PM Reply

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