The Week of No Running

Well, I can walk normally, and the pain is gone even without Advil, but the stiffness remains and I know from previous experience that I’ll only aggravate it if I start in again too soon. So I wait until both legs feel pretty much the same.

In the meantime, the updated standings from the Buzz Oates RunSac Race Series have been posted. You have to love an event that rewards you more for sheer dogged stupidity than for speed. Last Sunday I ran a reasonable 50:28 10k. It was age-graded to a 44:09… which was good enough for 39th place out of 46 runners!

Yes, I’m clearly out of my league. However, in the short term at least, I am kicking major butt because as long as you race, you get points. No matter how fast you are, if you don’t race, you get zero points. So my crummy finish still boosted me to 26th place in the overall standings, out of 153 participants.

That’s pretty impressive, until you check and discover that I’m 26th out of the 31 guys who have run all three races so far.

The next race is in two weeks, but it’s touch-and-go whether I’ll manage it. Until then, it’s massage, ice, rest and prayer.