It feels good to not be sick anymore.  After over a week of feeling crappy from my cold, this morning's swim and this afternoon's run felt great.  I'm still amazed at how much my aerobic fitness has improved from swimming and how good I feel running after a swim.  Swimming doesn't seem to tire me out too much for running or biking.  I guess that's the point right?

After almost a full week of being sick, I feel I'm finally recovered enough to start working hard.  My official 30 week training doesn't start for two weeks still, so I erred a bit on the side of taking the time off to fully recover.  I did try to swim on Thursday morning, and that was a mistake.  Even this morning's swim started out rough, but I was able to push through the entire workout.   I did however not go for my long run this weekend.  I felt like I certainly could have put in the miles this afternoon, but instead I gave myself a break.  Hopefully by giving myself a break I minimized the overall impact of my illness.