Well it appears San Francisco was so so so not meant to be......none of the Running Men will be on the road come July 30. Injuries have cast a dark cloud on the final push, and will now make us turn our attentions to the next race(s). So what is next for the Men in Yellow? Personally I am looking forward to competing in the inaugural New York City Half Marathon at the end of August, and the Grapevine reports that Chris Carleton (aka The Phantom) is turning his attention to the Portland Marathon in October. Ben Richards will also live to run another day, and I'm sure will pick out a new goal.
Bottom line is marathon training is a bitch. It's not easy to make it through the Training process - it's actually tougher than the marathon. But it's well worth the effort and the residual fitness and adventures experienced are rewards in themselves. Still there is a sadness to not accomplishing the goal, so we must take time to mourn, but we're smarter from the experience and within days we'll be planning to move on towards future glory!
Miami is in January I think. Not sure if I will be healed up to train in time for that one.
Had an MRI today but still not sure what is wrong. I'll keep you posted. Can't wait to get healthy so I can hit the trails and start running again.
Posted by: paul | July 07, 2006 at 12:00 AM