Hey Bull Dog

 My insomnia

Blesses me with delusions

Of omnipresence.

Saturday, April 17, 2021

 With all the confusion of last year between race cancellations and postponements, the only race I know for sure I’m signed up for is the Bull Dog 25k in August.

 With that in mind and given that I have four months to build up from almost zero after a three week lay-off due to a broken collar bone, this year I’m going to aim for the age group record of 2:19 and next year go for the 50k record before saying good-bye to Bull Dog for a while and seek out other challenges.

 It’s been a few years since I’ve even run the Bull Dog course let alone run the race, and I’m definitely hoping a few races will open up before then so I can get my nerves under control after not racing in over a year.

 Before this lockdown, outside of running under the duress of injuries, I thought I was doing a pretty good job of using my nerves to my advantage as far as racing goes. My performances were pretty much at a consistently high level.

 
But if or when that apparent flow of training and race prep will still be there or not, I suppose many of us will have answered in the very near future. And that’s both very interesting and pretty exciting.