This was a very bad week for cross country.
The first 2 days of the week (Sept 13 and 14) we had bad smoke in the air from wildfires. Therefore, the kids were not allowed to go outside and practice. They had to run inside. Since all sports teams were practicing inside, it was tough to find room for them all. Luckily, the schools are big so they ran inside. Nathan's school had lots of room to run. Up and down the hallways and stairs and around the upstairs in the gym. He said they ran 4 miles inside every day!
Elizabeth's school did the same thing and she tripped on the stairs and sprained her foot/ankle pretty good. I took her to urgent care, and they said it was 100% NOT a break and to stay off it for at least a week. We got her crutches and a brace for her foot. She missed her very first meet due to this.
THEN, Wednesday afternoon, Nathan came home and said he had felt just drained during cross country. We thought he was just tired from all the running. Elizabeth also complained she felt super sick with a bad sore throat. I whipped out all the free covid tests I'd ordered over the last year and Elizabeth's popped positive very quickly. She just had covid 3 months ago so I still don't understand how she caught it again so quickly. Nathan never tested positive but since he had the same symptoms, I think it's fair to assume he had it too. Both kids had very heavy cold like symptoms but no fever or bodyaches. They missed school at the end of the week.
Nathan couldn't run in the meet at Wenatchee on Saturday. We were very sad as it was going to be a very nice run and we would have seen Aunt Maureen. But he was just coughing like crazy. Even the next Wednesday, he was still feeling pretty bad so he was unable to run in the Walla Walla meet as well. Elizabeth missed her second meet due to her foot AND covid. Stupid covid ruining things.
Nathan finally ran in his first meet again on Sept 24th. He still feels like he can't quite catch his breath like he used to so I hope he heals fine. I'm concerned as usual. He ran slower than usual, but he made it. I'll post about that now.
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