Why do these things continue to happen?

Moon
iPhone 6 wasn’t that great in capturing the moon. But the the notion of the moon and stars aligning…

 

Why do these things continue to happen?

Pain, injury, set backs.

Why?

The real reason – the one we never see – is the fact that we haven’t quit.

These challenges keep surfacing because we are still on the path to somewhere – a dream maybe.

Turn back, or quit, and none of these things are anything to worry about.

Pain has migrated from right calf to right ankle.

So weird and unexplainable.

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This is significant because it’s how the Magic works

Masters Track runners
Bobby DeSantis is one of the USA’s best 55-59 middle distance runners.

 

All those challenges and obstacles that get in our way – no one is immune from them.

No.

One.

Still nursing a tight right calf. No clue what caused it. No clue what it is. Taking it slow and using pain to guide the comeback.

Yesterday’s 10-miler was alternating a one-mile walk with a two-mile slow jog, then repeating three times.

Had a good gym (core, strength, stretch) workout too.

Note photo: The 1500 began moments after the photo was taken. When the gun went off everyone had 100 meters before we hit the first turn.

Oddly, i felt a cramp-like pain in my right calf about 50 meters into the race. It came and went for the first lap (90 seconds) and then intensified at the beginning of the second lap.

Bowed out after the first lap.

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A perfect metaphor for real life

Sidewalk near Walt Disney World
Yesterday at ‘the track’, just walking.

 

Drum roll please.

Soreness is ______…

Still sore, but less so.

Yesterday’s (six mile) walk was a decent compromise.

Life is not fair.

But to be fair, at least it’s unfair to everyone, no exceptions.

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Why did this happen?

Track close up shot
Came here to run this. Attempted to use the 1500 as a warmup.

 

Charlotte High School Track
Brutally hot… only three spectators in the bleachers.

 

Why did this happen?

After what seemed like a perfectly (finally) timed six mile warmup in preparation for the 800 meters, come to find out, the printed schedule i had was completely wrong. The 800 would be at the end of the day, not the beginning. Major challenge.

It was either go get in the car and drive back to Orlando, or see if i could get into the 1500 which was about an hour away. i got into the 1500 and waited, and rationalize that the 1500 is a substantially slower pace and i would be warmed up enough to just have fun with it.

Bottomline, too much time between warmup and race.

Couldn’t have gone out any more conservatively on the first lap.

Right calf pain, kinda like a cramp.

So after the first lap, dropped out.

Was it sodium or potassium deficiency?

Is it a muscle pull?

Time will tell.

It’s sore this morning.

Was hoping it wouldn’t be.

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