Apparently, I'm going to be sent to my room or the principal's office soon if I don't report in..... This report will be split between this blog and my other Adventures in Running blog. Dang! It was cold this morning. About a mile or so after I left to head up to Layton, I realized I forgot my outer top layer and turned around. I was very glad to have that. We met on Antelope Island about 8:20 and the wind just smashed into us. It was that lovely biting cold and most of us were adding extra layers to stay warm. Hope it's not like that for the race. I was glad I waited for Jim Skaggs, the Race Director, to show up. It turns out he has modified the initial loop even more and I was able to run (ok walk) the change-up. I'm not too happy about it, but will live with it. About one mile in I joined up with two men. One of them took off after about 4.5 miles to loop back to his car. He was just beginning to get back into running after being diagnosed with Insulin Dependent Type I diabetes. The other runner made sure he had some jelly beans to munch on and I gave him a Gu packet in case his blood sugar dropped. He is still learning how to control all that. The other runner, Joe and I stuck together the rest of the run. It wasn't as cold after a while, so I was able to unzip my top layers and peel off my hat and gloves for about 20-30 minutes at a time. We were going at the same pace and I was able to tell him all about previous Buffalo Runs and explain what to expect on an ultramarathon and how to set up drop bags and stuff. I was pretty impressed, he turns 50 next week and is doing the 50K as a birthday challenge. Even more impressive - he had a knee replacement in 2007 and this was his biggest challenge since then. We did 16.3 miles on the island, I was going to do more, but had another appointment to get to, so stopped after the first loop. PM - A couple of hours later, I was on my way home and decided to try and run on the trails beside the Legacy Parkway. They are hard to get to, but I finally found my way to one. Ran 5.7 miles in about 1:04 to put me at 22 miles. 11:46/12:04 (including VPB)/11:41/11:16 (including another VPB)/11:04
Ran .5 miles with Twilight just now to get her to burn some excess energy. I was going to walk on the treadmill tonight - but decided not to. The hernia is starting to impact me more. I am seeing a doctor about it on Tuesday.
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