This is also the first
Sunday of my self imposed cessation of running, it won't be easy but at
least biking does not seem to bother me and I managed eighteen hilly
miles on my Trek 7500 hybrid this morning. Had I been running I would
have been comfortable but today, forty degree temperatures left me
half frozen. I suspect, I need more experience to dress properly for
biking.
Wednesday evening (last
week) after the kids track program I came to the conclusion that I
should give myself a chance to heal. It was a record setting hot day
with temps hovering around ninety late in the afternoon. Since it
was hot the evening program focused on technique rather then speed
…... I ran dead last in most of the drills and probably should not
have run at all.
Spring is finally here so
my resolve to stop running for a while will be tested, it's not like
I will be inactive, stretching, biking and hiking will fill in yet
they are not good substitutes for that which makes me really happy.
Perhaps if I can be a “Good Boy” for another week to ten days I
might be able to run the Capon Valley 50K on May eleventh as reward?
Finally, I was stressed
this week to learn of another runner friend diagnosed with cancer. He
had qualified to run the Boston Marathon and should be in Boston
today. I have few details but know that missing the race is the last
thing on his mind right now, I pray they have caught it early.
Mike
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