Progress

Got in 7 miles at LBL this morning in approx 1:16. I took it real easy, babying the bruised foot. It was feeling pretty good afterwards. I iced it this morning and took some vitamin I. I'm fairly hopeful it'll still allow me to go 50 miles next weekend in Huntsville.

Speaking of Huntsville I've been kind of bummed about how big the Rocky races have gotten. It's completely changed up the logistics for someone like myself who's been participating out there for years. In 2003 when I ran the 50 mile there were a total of 139 starters between the 2 races. In 2007 it had grown to 354 starters and last year was up to 640 starters with a Park cap of 750 being imposed now. In one sense it's great there are more people out there pushing their personal limits but back in the day a lot of us actually knew each other and it had a much more personal, family feeling to it. That was one the enticing things for me to begin with.

For me to get a parking spot, in what used to seem like a big parking lot, I'm going to need to leave Misty's Aunt and Uncle's house by 330am that Saturday morning to get to the parking lot by 430-445 for my 7am start.

Progress I guess?

On a more positive note I'm really excited about the big dogs that are entered in the 100 mile. Scott Jurek, Hal Koerner, Anton Krupicka and Karl Meltzer. If the weather cooperates surely the course record of 13:16.02 set by Eric Clifton in '96 will be smashed. I was at the finish watching in '06 when Jorge Pacheco finished in an agonizingly close 13:16.56. The next year Anton Krupicka ran 13:32 so it should lots of fun for the people out there really tracking things. If we weren't so overdue for a visit with Aunt Cissy and Uncle Gene I'd consider sticking around for the finish.