I fell sick.
I was going for my usual long run during the weekend. As it was my first long run after the physically exhausting Sundown Marathon, I decided to just run 10km and go home. The moment I started running, I knew something was wrong. I was feeling really tired, could not find any energy, and was perspiring more than usual. In the end, I stopped after 5km, went home, showered, and slept almost the whole day.
Two days later, feeling slightly better, I decided to go for another run after work. Again, I felt terrible after my run, my throat was itchy and painful. Next day when I woke up, I knew I was sick.
The first thought came into my mind was that I will not be able to run. I think it says a lot about how much running is becoming such a major part of my life.
There is nothing that I can do in the meantime except to rest more so I can quickly recover and go back to my running. The next race is end of August, there is not much time left to train for it.