As runners go I have been very lucky avoiding injury. I rarely get sick, and in my day to day existence I do not have any health conscerns. So, why am I such hypochondriac about running? This weekend I threw my back out lifting a cooler of god knows what. I pretty soon became an exrunner, former runner, injured person. Then my pain subsided and went away and I am a runner again. My back is still sore, but it is not spasming the way it had been.
Another odd thought. Before any race when I run to warm up, my legs feel like they made of lead. It does not matter if the race is the marathon I have been in training for 6 months, or a 10 K that I have no real investment in. I always feel weak and slow before a race. I expect it, and it does not conscern me any more. As soon as the race begins every thing changes and I feel great.
It is late, and I have not been out running since 7 very hilly miles in Maine on Sunday. I plan to run about 9 miles after tomorrow night 's wieght watchers meeting. I have a good pair of loops in Greenfield that have me running over Poet's Seat.
The next race is in four weeks. I have signed up for the Yankee Home Coming 10 Miler in Newberyport on August 2. This is a great race, flat, pretty, lot's of other runners. It is run at 6:30 PM on a Tuesday evenning. The race, combined with a 5 K attracts 1500 to 2000 runners. ( Any one in Western Mass. interested in car pooling should leave a comment at the end of this posting). Doug Adams told me about this race 4 or 5 years ago. I thought it was a nutty idea driving out over a 100 miles for a Tuesday night race. Now I make a point of just taking the day as a vacation day.
Keep running folks.
Mark
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