Last night was my first run since last Wednesday. An 8 miler on Forbidden Drive that left my legs feeling much more tired than an easy run of 8 miles should. The big blocks off from running over the last few weeks have not been great for keeping up my fitness as the half marathon approaches this Sunday.

Unfortunately the reason for missing miles this time around was because of a nasty Staph infection that Zachary picked up last week. I thought it would be just a stop at the pediatrician on Friday morning but she sent us directly to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The hospital admitted him, ran a bunch tests and placed him on IV antibiotics. Thankfully the infection quickly started to retreat and it wasn’t an antibiotic resistant bug. By Sunday morning they were sending us home. Zachary is no worse for wear. He never even spiked a fever, we caught it early enough that with a little help his body was able to fight it off. Definitely a scary couple days.

All this time off does mean I’m going to have to scale back my race plans. I can guarantee that a sub 1:23 half marathon is out of reach. I’ll instead shoot for breaking my PR of 1:24:34. But to tell you the truth I am just not feeling it. There is no sense of increased fitness on my runs over the past several weeks. I am curious to see what happens on race day.