Bette L. Hall’s Running Journal

I didn’t feel so good on the day of the Tulsa Hurricane Run - My back had been hurting and I felt just a general malaise - an undefinable feeling of debility or lack of health. Menstruation can cause a characteristic malaise in some women, however, that was not my problem that day.

I don’t know why I felt so weak and tired with a vague feeling of bodily discomfort. I told one of my fellow runners that it was just allergies and hayfever. But I really think I felt that way because of the medication I took for the allergies and hayfever.

Needless to say, my finishing time was embarassing.