Friday, April 16, 2010

Excorsing Demons

A couple of months ago, I never thought I'd be in this situation. Fresh off the heels of a stress fracture late last year, my weekly mileage was unremarkable, speed even more so. But here I am, prepping for my next ultra several weeks later. Certainly, a recent health scare pressed the issue for me and I started stressing the urgency of living for today a bit more. Whether this is all too much too soon, remains to be seen.



As far as this Sunday's concerned, my main goals are to finish obviously, and come out of it healthy. Foot's been having good days and bad and unfortunately, yesterday was a bad day. Hope taking it easy for the couple of days leading up to the race helps.

As far as the "finishing" part, my misadventures in this race has been well-documented. So yes, there is some payback in order. But "payback" for me in this instance will be dished just by crossing the finish line. I have no expectations other than to cross the line in under 6 hours and treat this as a 31+ mile training run in prep for the PCT50 in a few weeks.

So with that, I bid you adieu and wish all my friends luck that are running Boston on Monday!

8 comments:

Josh said...

have a great race! looking forward to hearing about it! you might consider stuffing a map in your pocket, just in case!

Marathon Maritza said...

It should be a beautiful day up here, so I'm hoping your foot has a good day out there too!

Sarah said...

Have a great race! I'm so impressed you are doing ultras already.

Rachel said...

Have fun! I'm sure your body is more than ready for and that you'll run smart and enjoy your time. Don't forget the big rule of trail running...if you think you are off course, turn around and retrace your steps. But I doubt you will need to consider that this year as you are out for revenge! Can't wait to see your pics and read your account of it!

Alaskan assassin said...

Have fun out there and give Sarah a hug for me.

The Green Girl said...

Wow, I am so excited for you, Billy.

Have a great race. It sounds like you are in great shape and strong so I think you are ready for this!

Glenn Jones said...

Have fun! Hope you packed the Pepsi!

Jules said...

Well? How did it go?

Inquiring minds need to know! :-)