Well, I've been fighting a calf injury all week. Chris has been working on it for me and I thought I shook it off yesterday but today it was very painful on our run. Nice easy warm up, but I could not run that well down. I just finished another light massage so we'll see what tomorrow brings.
I've not had an inujury for a very long time, and the timing of this is not great. However, I'm confident we'll run well with Chris on our side. He said he is going to work on it tomorrow hard if he has to. He mentions "soleus" and "not good" but I say "ultra runner" and "stubborn".
Today Phil and I checked in, chatted to a bunch of folks and tried to relax. I met up with Glen Redpath who has been tearing up the scene and the Skagg brothers. Eric won Wasatch 100 miler last week and I heard he set a course record!
Phil is ready to roll. As I write this, he is getting a light hamstring massage. No squirming in pain tonight. The good news is on our run today my heart rate was 10 bpm lower than it was on Thursday at the same intensity so it seems my system is getting used to the altitude.
We start at 10:00 am tomorrow morning. A short day, only about 25 km, but a healthy 4500 feet or so of climbing and a couple thousand descent. Then we hit the long days. We'll call tomorrow a warm up and I am going to have to put a leash on Phil for sure!!
Until tomorrow
Ciao
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How's it going in the Trans-Rockies?
Best of Luck, Dom!!
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