8 Blocks Round Trip

Today I succumbed to the illness and called the doctor who called the pharmacy with a rx for one of those flu drugs.  Advil wasn't doing it and I WANT to go back to work (new job, what can I say). I called the pharmacy to arrange for delivery and was told that, yeah, no, they don't do that.

Initially I panicked.  Its 4 blocks there and (obviously) 4 back.  There is no parking near the pharmacy and, even if there was, my car is located 2 blocks away, making it not really worth it.  Everyone I knew was at work and wouldn't be home for several hours meaning I had to get there on my own.  By foot.  So I came up with a plan.  And seriously, I think I might have devoted more time to this than my average triathlon.

First:  Pre-pharmacy meal.  I had some left over rice and sweet and sour chicken from the thai place with a lot of water (yeah, I know that its a Friday during lent but I'm SICK).

Second:  Pharmacy-day outfit.  I opted for minimum makeup - just a bit of under eye goop to not alarm random people on the street.  T-shirt and sweatshirt that I've been wearing for the past 2 days (why mess with a good thing?), flex lined wind pants, sneakers, baseball hat (my hair it OUT OF CONTROL), big scarf, hooded jacket, gloves.

Third:  Pharmacy nutrition.  I put water in my bag.  Stuffed my pockets with tissues and ... sport beans in case of any lightheaded-ness along the way.  If you think I"m kidding, I'm not.  Not even a little bit.

And with that plan I made it.  4 blocks there and 4 block back.  And I achieved my goal ... to avoid a DNF.  And post-pharmacy?  I needed a 3 hour nap. Seriously.  This sucks.

8 blocks?  Last Thursday I ran for 1:15 after a long day of work and didn't even give it a second thought.  And today?  Today 8 blocks nearly did me in.  Do people recover from the flu?