Clinton Lake is in the books

     30 miles, in the woods.  6 hours and 7 minutes.  Damn I'm sore.  Had a great run this morning, two good friends and lots of good trail runners.  At around mile 25 I was seriously second guessing my decision run a 50 miler on April 9th.  Now after a couple hours of rest and a few beers-no change.  Maybe tomorrow I will be in a different frame of mind.

One week to go!

    Only one week till my first ultra of 2011.  Gonna do a 22 mile run Sunday morning, I don't know if it is the right thing to do or not, my body says rest, but my head says I need the miles.  My thinking is that I will use the run tomorrow and Clinton Lake 30 as a training run for the 50 mile trail ultra on April 9th at McNaughton.  It seems like lately I have  struggled with my running.  Cant really pin point the reason, just cant get comfortable when I run. Could be all the miles I have put on my knees these last 18 years.  Only time will tell.

Mother Nature is coming around.........finally.

  Haven't written for a while, sorry.  The weather is getting nice and I have started running trails a lot.  Clinton Lake 30 is in less that two weeks.  Two weeks after that I will try to run the Potawatomi  50.  I still cant figure out my left hamstring problem, leg goes numb sometimes when I run.  It kinda has me worried.  Ive tried stretching, not stretching, ice , ibuprofen, rest.  Nothing seems to work. 

Lead Legs Syndrome

Less than three weeks to my 30 mile ultra at Clinton Lake and I am really struggling.  I felt great all winter and I have the worn out shoes to prove it.  Now for some reason,  I cant seem to get my legs moving, like they are wanting to go in different directions.  I am starting to get worried.  Even took a few days off to rest a little and it got worse.  Hope I can run out of it.