Day 9 - Tuesday March 30 Part 1
Shin is a little better this morning - i could give it a go but I am 99% certain i will have problems as i have the last 2 days at some point during the route as the last 2 days it didn’t hurt in the morning and today i can feel it. So, it will be a day off. I wake up at 7am for the first time since I’ve left and I am more tired than when i wake up at 4:30am!! I feel a lot of pressure about continuing/failure but at the same time, I need to keep perspective on this - when has adversity faced us and the consequence is a day off been such a difficult situation?!? The mission driven side of me is freaking out; what the heck am i going to do with a full day when I’m used to running all day?! So, I’m going to put on my bohemian hat today and try to enjoy it.
First up, Alex has rigatoni left over from the great meal we had with John few nights ago and rather than throw away let’s see if Lucky will eat it. I’ve heard all the stories about don’t feed dogs this and that but when you are a stray dog living off trash, you must know what you can and can’t eat or you would be dead?! I’ve learned with Lucky over the years that he has survived our in house food/dog taboos - cook up a pound of bacon and leave the full pan of grease to cool outdoor before disposing and then noticing that all the grease is gone and Lucky has a smile - the thanksgiving turkey carcass has disappeared out of the trash and Lucky is outside finishing the last bone - full rack of ribs is missing, meat and bones. Of course he would like rigatoni!
Alex, Lucky and I just finished our daily ops meeting and we have a new plan. Launch will be same time for me at 6am but I will walk tomorrow, wear compression socks, ace bandage w ice bags for mobil icing, Aleve and more frequent stops. Instead of looking at the 36 mile route tomorrow we will revise to Sparta GA at 21 miles as target and if feeling good continue but not make that the expectation. If i can build a day at a time it will hopefully heal along the way, I want to make forward progress, as one of my favorite ultra friends likes to say, “RFFP - relentless f-g forward progress”.
Thank you all for the support, means a lot.
Until tomorrow - Cheers.
