<p>Merigayle - I know what you mean about the slight temp bump. Gah! It seems like we transition so fast.</p>
<p>Jim - I hope you enjoy the Run for Cancer. I assume that was the 24 hr in Hampton? It's about 2 mile from where I work but I haven't been able to fit it in. (Plus I'm not sure I'm ready for a 24 hour.)</p>
<p>Cgerber - nice sawtooth! Looks tiring!</p>
<p>I ran Promise Land 50K (with a few pluses. I'm pretty sure it's about 34 miles - the training run two weeks ago was 29 miles per a few GPSes and didn't include the 2.8 mi x2 on the road; once up, once down)</p>
<p>Sadly for me, despite having a great training run and feeling great afterward and the next day, I ended up catching the family cold/virus thing the Tuesday before the race. I left work early with a fever, chills, aches, sore throat, etc and crashed for 6 hours before dragging myself to the kitchen where I consumed all of my daughters "Dora pops" popsicles. I don't recommend. They have weird shapes and are hard to suck on. Taste is fine.</p>
<p>Two days later a doctor confirmed it was NOT Strep throat so I drove out to the Promise Land campsite on Friday, did the pizza dessert thing (the pumpkin squares disappeared again so I guess folks liked em) and camped out in the tent. The gentle rain on and off all evening kept folks quiet and inside so it was very relaxing. Race day came early with a 5:30 start. I was concerned the elevation changes would wreck havoc with my already fully pressurized ears but I didn't have any problems, though my balance was noticeably off a bit.</p>
<p>It was not my A-game out there but I finished in 8:31 (an hour slower than I had planned/expected). That keeps my hopes for the Lynchburg Ultra Series alive. Just Mountain Masochist left in November. I plan a few down weeks as I continue to recover (finally felt human today) and will start a ramp up again over the summer.</p>
