Distance: 5.5 kilometers (3.4 miles)
Time: 30 minutes
Surface: asphalt/concrete
Weather Conditions: cool, overcast, 60s, noon run
Location: Miraflores, Lima, Peru
Secret weapon: none
Comments: Not as bad as I feared. Although the flu has clearly left me weakened, I still got a very satisfactory run out of it. I kept my stretching and warm-up to a minimum and just went out and ran it. I just tried to keep a slightly-better-than-a-jog pace but, somewhere just past the halfway point, I fell into a nice easy rythm and just rode it the whole way.
Obviously, the true test of this run is going to come later today and tomorrow as my body decides if it is going to go with the flow or decide to be sick again. The strategy? Eat well, force fluids and sleep hard.