I never thought in my wildest dreams my training would ever be impacted by allergies. I thought I had a summer cold or hey fever and it felt as bad as when I had pneumonia a few years back. The impact it had on my life was shocking. It really through me for a loop.  I had to miss three days of work...yaaaay! The first sign was a sore throat and I was like wow two days before the 12K Summer roundup...ok body fight this off. So I'm loading up on vitamin C, spraying chloraseptic, every half hour, drinking hot tea, eating chicken soup, and drinking tons of water.

No sneezing or cough yet just the "Pre-cold" symptoms we all have experienced some time in our lives. My lovely wife felt so bad to see me suffering and she constantly ask if she can get me anything. I was then relieved from all of my honey do list task until she saw me back to my normal self.....whooohooo! So it's one day before the 12K Summer Roundup I'm saying to myself "Oh....noooooooooooow I know how Michael Jordan must have felt in game five (5) of the 1997 NBA finals when he had the flu or some type of food poisoning the night before".

My mindset was I have to do this race as it is part of the Triple Crown and my ticket to running the Pikes Peak Accent. I explained that to my wife but she did not say anything about it until a week later...her inside voice at that time was saying...."WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT RACE IF YOU FEEL SO BAD? 

I was determined, full of faith and was not going to let anything stop me from jogging\walking\\running the 12K. To my PikesPeakSport teammates Thank you for your awesome encouragement. To my wife and son.... you guys rock for taking such good care of me before I found out it was allergies and took NyQuil as much as I could for a week.

The race was everything I could image. It was so much fun!

Happy Running

Mel