Running With Jack

The new year is starting out with a mountain of new tasks at work and with my wife and I both feeling like we have the flu coming on. I decided to postpone my run last night until tonight because I was not feeling the best. After a fitful sleep last night I actually considered staying home from work this morning, but I don’t have fever so I couldn’t really justify this. If I feel better by tonight I will at least get in a short run. More important is that I am fit for my long run on Saturday, I want to get in 3 ½ hours!

On January 27th is a 50K race in Rodgau, Germany, near Frankfurt. I’m signed up, but at this point I don’t know if I will make it. The race consists of ten 5K loops, 60% asphalt trails, with about half through a forest and the rest over open fields. There is a 6-hour time limit, but in past years they have kept one eye closed on this requirement.

From a training standpoint I am ready for it, but other issues are kind of damping the steam on this one. The race starts at 10:00 a.m. and is about two hours from where we live, so I would have to leave quite early. I said to my wife that she can stay home, she doesn’t need to come. But she is worried that I overdo it and can’t drive home myself. So she thinks she has to go but is worried about having to sit around in the cold for half the day. There is a sports hall where after-race festivities are being offered, but you never know how comfortable (or warm) these are.

I think the deciding factor will be the weather, if its snowy or icy the travel time will double if I can get through at all. So I am going to just keep training like it is going to happen, and if it doesn’t then I will just go for a nice long run!

Have a great week.