I was all set to run the race 2 years ago -- healed from the knee damage of the previous year, was finally hitting my distances, etc. -- when I came down with Mono a month before the race; it lasted better than a year.
This year -- I have hope, though a week into training I'm grounded by a cold that has set of my asthma something awful. The doc has me breathing steroids, so there's a chance I can get back to training.
Empathy
I was all set to run the race 2 years ago -- healed from the knee damage of the previous year, was finally hitting my distances, etc. -- when I came down with Mono a month before the race; it lasted better than a year.
This year -- I have hope, though a week into training I'm grounded by a cold that has set of my asthma something awful. The doc has me breathing steroids, so there's a chance I can get back to training.
Anyway, I empathize with you completely.
Re: Empathy
I'm glad you have hope. I still have a little, too, though not for this year of course. Good luck getting back into it! I am cheering for you.