Thursday, June 2, 2011

I'm going insane...

This week has been ROUGH for training/just living...  I am BATTLING a pretty intense case of Folliculitis (inflammation of hair follicles).  Nothing too serious, but I have been itchy. Non-stop, can't sleep, can't think, can't swim, shouldn't sweat excessively (so no training...).  I am on some antibiotics which appear to be slowly working.  But definitely not as quick as I want.

Training:
Swims have been a no go this week, I'm hoping to be able to get back in the pool on Monday. Also missed a ride (Doc said no bike shorts for a week, too).  Yeah, not exactly on my training schedule 2 weeks before the Topeka Tinman on the 18th.  Sucks, but I just am hoping I get this cleared up before it gets worse. I just want to be able to sleep....

Clinical:
I had my first day yesterday, and it went great. My supervisor is going to be awesome, I work 4 10 hour days a week, so I get Thursdays off!  Pretty awesome.  I got pretty excited about the possibility of fitting in a long run or bike in the middle of the week, just not this week.  Going to be great!

For my first Thursday off, this is my view:

Cleaning out the DVR, Parks and Rec!
Yup, sitting on the couch.  The 3 things of toenail polish, I swear, are not mine....  Just going to get some laundry done, work on an online class, and try to get a short brick in later today, even though I'm not supposed to... Don't tell my Doc!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ok.. I won't tell! :)

RFalkenrath said...

Inflamed hair follicles? Did you get that at the Bikesource tri? Should get checked??? That's an odd condition...

Mark said...

Thanks, and I guess it's possible. But I highly doubt that's where I got it. Just kinda an freak thing. The timing just sucks.