Well I came down with a chest cold the day before I was due to do W9R1 so delayed the run until I felt better. I'm asthmatic and prone to bronchitis so very wary of chest problems
I was worried about how 8 days off would affect me when I had never had more than 3 days between runs.
I was right to be worried. It was ghastly. I took about 15 minutes to find any sort of rhythm, and by 20 minutes was feeling light headed and all kinds of wrong. But knowing I only had 10 minutes to go kept me plodding along and I just slowed my pace and somehow got through it. Drenched in sweat, coughing and gasping, but I made it.
Anyway I'm glad I did it - and amazed at my progress given I didn't feel much worse after W1R1 - and looking forward to getting through this week and graduating. Hopefully with a lot less mucus by the end of the week!
As an aside on my regular running route I pass a bus shelter billboard for Cystic Fibrosis - which is at about my time of peak distress. Sobering to think what some people have to go through and how lucky I am, Lurgy or not!