Colds, races, and editing

My immune system always seems to fail me at the worst possible times. I woke up Thursday with a cold, couldn't sleep at all Thursday night, and felt 10 times worse on Friday. It's an editing weekend for the Cardinal - the first editing weekend of the year. It's also the weekend we went to Walker for Molly's marathon and my 10k.

The races went well. I finished in 53:27, which beats my other 10k time by at least 2 minutes. I placed 41st out of 267 runners and 1st in my age group, so I even got a medal! That was pretty exciting. I also ran a little over 7 miles with Molly during her marathon, which was actually a lot of fun. It was slower though, so that was pretty tough on my knees, ankles, and hips.

Molly did well. She finished in 5 hours and 27 minutes and was 1st in her age group.

The Cardinal's looking good so far! I'm lucky to have such great, dedicated editors this year. We have two pages completely done already! I'm at work now, and then I'll go to church, but after that I'll go back to the Cardinal office to work on it some more. I think we're actually ahead of schedule from last year, which is really exciting! We still have tomorrow and Tuesday to get the layout done and finish making edits.

I actually think my cold has just about run its course already. I slept almost the entire 6 hour drive up to Walker Friday night and then went to bed around 10. I felt good running yesterday and got a lot of fresh air, and then I went to bed before 10. I also slept a good chunk of the 6 hour drive back today. Now I just have an annoying cough and a sick-sounding voice. I hope I can get enough sleep tonight and feel well-rested enough to get through editing.