Yesterday, I had such a busy morning, I couldn’t find time to run, before taking our son to school on the way to the airport.
After my arrival at Hartford, Connecticut, I had the chance to do an easy 35 minute run.
Some left heel pain right away, so I jogged backwards for a couple minutes and that helped. It usually does. Not much pain while running. Afterwards, during the evening, my foot was sore.
And so it goes.
Hope this doesn’t sound like complaining, because complaining is the opposite of my intent.
It’s meant to be a reality check, to the difficulties in this microcosm of life.
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. Primarily because I need to purchase the plane ticket soon.
Using the creative approaches to challenges, I quickly thought of a “PLAN B”.
Enter the 1,500 meters.
Once I’m warmed up, I can run a very decent mile pace. Which is why the 1,500 would be a good back up.
It is still unknown if I can get up on my toes, and shift into overdrive for some serious acceleration (for a 50-year old). 🙂
I emailed, and then spoke to, the USATF representative and had the 1,500 added to my 2009 Master’s World Championships profile.
I’ve run a near All-American standard of excellence time, and by August, should be an unlikely long shot to do well for Team USA.
It’s amazing the confidence and reassurance one can gain with a Plan B.
Plan B or not, hope you have a GREAT and Healthy day. Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂