For the one of you who read this, it's been awhile... sorry. I've had some good runs and some not so good ones. I feel like I'm improving, especially with speedwork. I've been doing workouts from a group of other ultrarunners here in Eugene, albeit at a much slower pace. They've definitely helped. This last Friday (speed day), I finished the workout, 3x1600 cutdowns, went home, ate, and promptly became engaged with some serious stomach issues. Floored me for the rest of the day, Sat. and most of Sun. I don't know if I shocked my system with that French Dip after a hard workout, or got a quick touch of food poisoning, can't think of what I ate though. It was bad, dehydrated quickly, had some cramping, and it wasnt' until late Fri, afternoon, that I got enough fluid back in my system to calm it down. Strange.
Todd has now run his first 50k of the year. Quicker than last year. And Saturday, he and I sent off our entries for Where's Waldo, probably very early, but we don't want to be left out... Lewis is preparing for Way to Cool and American River, Miwok... all to try and get into Western States 100. Who knows, the stacked fields for those races all seem to have that same idea (the top finishers get automatic entries to WS100).
I'm looking forward to the marathon, although I'll be running it alone among thousands as my wife has a stress-fractured ankle. And then train onto the PCT 50 miler...
