Cool Runnings!

It's tough to maintain a infrequent but regular schedule, which is exactly what you should to recover from injury, so congrats on sticking to your once-a-week plan, at least for now.

Lest you think I only ran once a week due to injury, I didn't run on Thursday because I only got about 3-4 hours of sleep because two of my children were sick and throwing up during the night. I ended up getting sick myself, which is why I didn't run on Saturday. I made the mistake of running an 8K 3 days after I had been sick for a few days, and it turned out to be disastrous - not only did I totally die at the end of the race and ended up walking in, but I went into shock after the race and couldn't even drive myself home. That was the reason behind taking it easy. That and the fact that I know I still have almost 6 months before St. George, so there is no reason to try to push it too hard right now.

Some thoughts:

When sick, still jog some, maybe a mile or so at 10:00-12:00 pace. It is good to work up a bit of a sweat unless you are at 102 degrees or more already.

Same when sleep is reduced. Cut down the training, but make sure to do something.

A thorough evaluation of the diet may also be helpful. I noticed I stopped getting sick as much after an improvement in the diet. I suspect an improvement in the diet can boost the immune system along with other benefits.

I have found in the past that when I exercise while sick, I end up staying sick longer. That may have had something to do with the fact that my diet was not the best. That being said, we have recently changed our diet, and are eating more grains, more fruits and vegetabls, and I am trying to drink a lot more water than I usually do. Thanks for the thoughts, Sasha. I will keep trying to get the sleep I need, but will take your comments under consideration if I have another night of reduced sleep prior to a run.