Back at It (Part 2)

I will apologize once again for being a poor correspondent and resolve to be more dedicated to posting on a more near-daily basis. Here's what you've missed:

My nutrition has been marginal. I sort of extended the holiday eating period from the Saturday before Thanksgiving to last Friday night's pork roast and mashed potatoes at Randy and Susan's. Not to even mention an entire week last week of Mexican food in somewhat-sunny San Antonio, TX.

My battle with the Skoal brotherhood has had it's ups and downs also. It mostly began with a screening of "The Hurt Locker" over at Nate's house a week ago last Friday. I can't seem to watch a movie about grunts without dipping. Anyhow, I'm off the Skoal again and back on the seeds. Stay tuned.

I have been doing some running and did a few nice runs around the Riverwalk while in San Antonio last week. I stopped at Fleet Feet St. Charles and Josh helped me get into a new pair of Asics to replace the New Balance 851s that have been discontinued. I did a little 7-miler around the Glenwood Hood yesterday while on call and they felt "OK". He also suggested some insole inserts to correct the rotation of my foot and I didn't run with those in yet, so we'll see.

David Kimler, an ultrarunner from Memphis posted on the SLUGlist he is looking for someone to share driving expenses to Leadville this year and I may take him up on that. More to follow.

In the immediate future I'm planning a 25 to 30 mile run this weekend. Either going down to St. Louis to hit Greenrock or hit up the Yours Truly 50K, or I may trek over and try out the Riddle Run in Mahomet, IL.

Lastly, I'm endeavoring to get back at the Crossfitting. As you know I really believe that the cross-training played a big part in my success in Heartland 100-Mile and the OT100 is going to be all the more challenging. So we (Chia, Doug, Mary, April, Janet, JM?) need to get back at it!

Stay tuned............