Old Man Still running

Ran Across the Years again.  This time the 72 hour race.  In previous 48-hour races I clocked 187, 175, and 135. So with the extra day it should be easy to reach 200, right?   Not so fast.  This year I had lots of issues to deal with...my bad leg was a constant worry....should I push it, should I hold back.  On day 2 I had some lung problems, bad congestion and the lungs would get very sore if I tried to run fast.  Day 3 I had bad back soreness.   The entire time I had bad quad soreness.   So it was quite the challenge.   I started off fine and for the first 20 mile was in first place.  Buddy Mike Miller than passed me but I still stayed in 2nd place well into day 2.  My 50 time was bad, 10:10.  The heat was despetive and slowed me down greatly.  I reached 100 in a slow 25:05.  In past years I would reach that between 19:40 and 22 hours.  Nights were the best for me.  At times I would by far be the speediest on the quiet track at night.  Day 2 was a struggle with some long rests.  I only ran about 40 miles on Day 2. At 136 miles I was seriously going to quit because i saw swellness in the leg.   But I went back out, tested things out and did more careful running.  But I really could only run 7-8 miles at a time.  Sleep deprivation was bad.  On Day 3, I shut it down for the heat of the day, washed up and tried to sleep.  Didn't sleep much.  As dusk arrived I went back out and ran some another pretty fast 15 miles.  But by 8 p.m. I could tell that I was thrashed, painful slow walking and I felt very sick.   I drove to a motel very beat up and slept for the night.  I woke a 2 a.m., got up to test the legs and feet but rejected wishes to go back to the track.  At 5 a.m. I did it again and this time felt much better.  By 6 a.m. I was again running fast on the track.  I did another nine miles until it was too painful and then quit an hour early with 163 miles total for 14th place.  Not bad, but I know I can do much, much better if I didn't have the issues I did.   I had a great time running with friends.

Final miles for across the years....recording them for 2014 miles.

Recovering well.  Still sleeping a lot, but the muscle soreness is just about gone.  However, the right leg....it feels injured but not broken.  It appears I've injured the patch that formed over my break two years ago...pretty much what I thought.  I went out for a short walk/jog and it all feels somewhat loose and some pain.   So, the big question is, will I see daily improvement or only weekly improvement.  No pain at all in the left leg.   If my right leg felt that way, I would already be running again.  Looks like there won't be much running for the next few weeks.   The pool is going to get some waves in it.