My Guillain-Barré Summer I wanted to write this down for anyone out there that might be going through this. I know I read every thing out on the internet as I was looking for positive stories. The drama starts the day before I felt any symptoms... Friday 7/1/2016: I was in great shape. I had been running some 5k races and feeling like I was getting faster. I had a goal for the last race of the summer of breaking 20 minutes. Something I had done 4 years ago but that was when I was 46. I had just turned 50 in April. Still, I felt I had it in me. I was not an old man yet. I ran some fast quarters and 200 yard sprints at the local track on Thursday and felt great. I went back the next day (Friday) and ran some more. Still feeling good, in fact, feel great...these are the fastest workouts I've done in a long time. Saturday 7/2/2016: Woke up and felt okay. Wanted to do a morning 3 mile run so I changed into my shorts and running shoes and started to run down the block...