My apologies for taking entirely too long to post anything. Truth be told, I haven't had much to say the last few months because I haven't been running much. Three weeks after Wasatch I paced my dad the back half of the Bear 100 and helped him get a sub-30 hour finish; something he never dreamed possible. Huge congrats to him on grinding through some tough spots and getting his first 100 mile finish (on his first attempt as well)!
A few weeks after pacing him I noticed an acute pain under my left foot, at the base of my middle toe. I took a week off then did a 15 mile weekend run on it which only aggravated things more. Typical sign of a classic overuse injury: stress fracture. So I ended up taking 6 weeks off completely, and I'm now just getting back to running. I probably should've done some elliptical or spinning to keep my fitness up, but truth be told it was a good excuse to recharge the batteries in preparation for next season. So now I'm back to running about every other day and I'm working on getting a very solid base to ramp up training in the new year.
My time off also gave me some time to think about what I'm doing next year. I'll save my actual goals for another post, but I'm definitely setting a bar for myself in the "Ambitious" category... I'll just leave it at that.
And for some exciting news: Good running friend Craig Lloyd has asked me to be a contributor on his ultra blog Refuse2Quit.com. Hopefully we'll be able to offer up some good content for you to check out. We're especially focusing on some of the adventures our crew has together, and hopefully we'll be offering up lots of cool videos and pictures to keep your eyes entertained. So make sure you keep an eye on the happenings at Refuse2Quit.com and follow us or subscribe via RSS.
