Vermont Marathon Run Approaches

Saturday I participate in a half-marathon in Vermont. Naturally, the weather is going to sink. Rain, slush, cold.

My goal was to run it inside 1 hour and 45 minutes but with the weather that might prove a challenge. I don't know. I've been running at 1 hour 36-39 minutes in training though.

Unfortunately, I have not been able to run for six days choosing instead to rest my calf. In fact, I simply want to avoid injuries and did have to deal with a migraine for a couple of days. I'm vulnerable to vertigo so health realities did have an impact in my deciding to load up on carbs and rest the week.

I know it's kinda up to the runner whether training up until race day or taking days off is beneficial. If I had my way, I would have run maybe two more times but I doubt it would have made a difference on my time at this point.

I managed 44 runs since January 1. I aimed to run 50 times but again, was sidetracked with an illness for 10 days back in February and was in New York for three days in March. Nor was I strict with my diet along the way. I still enjoyed my wine and espresso.

A friend of mine from Boston (now living here and regretting it as he watches the PQ act like complete buffoons. Funny. He's a well informed, intelligent liberal and up until recently saw Quebec's language laws and issues as but a mere nuisance. He felt it Montreal was still a good place to be. Alas, he's come to adjust his thinking a little in lieu of all that's gone on. Not exactly a raw-raw-raw American, even he concedes nothing like what Quebec does happens in the States, "Quebec is more fucked up than the U.S. at the moment"as he summed it. Same for another American I may do business with. It's just too toxic for their taste. They can spot prejudicial politics from a mile away and that's all the PQ are about. They know their kids have no shot here...so...I digress) suggested I spit on a few lazy-ass socialist Vermonters along the path. Just an inside joke between he and I given my position on certain issues and his liberal sensibilities.

What I'm trying to say is I may not post for a couple of days.

Whatever.