Old Man Still running

Recovery going very well.   Pain-free walking again and I pass the recovery test of jogging down stairs without much pain.  To me that is stunning that I have recovered so fast after doing a 100-miler with minimal training.  The slow pace of course was kind to the muscles.

Future plans:

I withdrew from North Coast 24-hour in three weeks, in Cleveland.  For timed-based runs I need to be in speed shape and be able to handle running on pavement.  It seemed like a waste to spend all the money going out there just to do a medium effort.  The RD kindly moved my registration to the spring race.

I registered for Bear 100, my 8th time there and hopefully my 7th finish.  I plan to race it medium effort....mid-pack, under 30 hours.  Four weeks away.

I'm considering Javalina Jundred, end of October.  And will likely sign up for Across the Years 24-hours, to revisit the race that caused all my problems this year.  Got to get back up on that horse.

Treadmill and pavement.  As expected, the leg pain is back when I run, but no worse than two weeks ago.  So, I still have a long way to go, but at least I know I'm doing well.

After a big storm went through, the skies cleared, so I went up to run Timp before the next storm came in.   I started running around 8:45 p.m.   I had the trail pretty much to myself except for a couple guys with backpacks.  Once at the saddle, the wind was really bad, about 20 mph but it wasn't too cold.  I could see rain clouds and some lightning far to the west.  A few rain drops blown from far away hit me near the summit.   I didn't hang around, wanting to beat the strorms.   As I came down around midnight in the basin, I saw a few lights coming up from Aspen Grove.  I hoped they knew it was going to rain like crazy.   As I met other groups coming up, I cautioned them, that I had seen a big thunder storm that was probably and hour or two away.  Most groups seemed clueless and dressed poorly.   Oh well, they will learn.  As I got toward the bottom, I noticed that I missed a big soaking rain storm from Scout Falls down.   Nice.   I stayed dry.   Looks like all the groups missed the first storm at 2 a.m. but by 5 a.m. and again at 9 a.m. they got pounded bad I'm sure.

This was the first time I ever did a Timp run just 5 days after finishing a 100-mile race.  I felt very fine.  The legs seemed strong and the feet light on the trail.   The leg had pain the came and went and came back again.  Oh well.