Cross country time!

Well, I am a little hobbled over here ladies and gentleman, I was running a kind of mock race today with the Bears and kinda felt my calf tighten up. If I was smart I would have stopped right then but I put in another half a k until it really grabbed and that was my last step, I hobbled off in shame, and started stretching, not the calf but other areas just to keep them loose. Everyone was pretty supportive, so thanks go out especially to Georgette, Murtada, Jamie and Harry, for providing me with some perspective, because I am pretty down, but I am just done icing it and eating a steak to send some protein down there, moving on. It's obvious to me that I got a little too excited last week when I bumped er up to almost 80 miles a week, and am paying the price. I need to let the fitness come to the surface a little slower.
But damn it cousin if I don't like running hard miles.
So looks like the leaves are getting yellow and I'm going to be hitting the pool to try and maintain some fitness. It is a little discouraging, and while one could see it as being a bad omen I'm just looking beyond it and saying, if this wasn't hard, it wouldn't be worth doing. I'd be playing rugby with the boys and drinking beers. And I'll be the first one to tell you that I miss playing rugby and I miss those son of a guns but not as much as I missed track. The big day for me really is Stewart Cup, October 30. That's a long ways away, no sense getting my panties in a bunch over a tweaked calf. Now I'm trying to convince myself but by gum it ain't. From a general fitness point of view I split through in around 7 minutes for 2k and am unsure if I would have slowed down any further, but that is where I expected to be so that shows that I was fairly in touch with my fitness level. If I can get over this road bump I think I am within striking distance of some decent running with some more miles and some quality work. But enough about me. How are you cats doing?
Well I ain't talked about what I've been reading in a while. Read some more Rumpole. Reading On the Road again. Also the Tucker Max book. Pretty weak really. Just saw the informers. There are two or three worthwhile scenes but in sum I was disappointed. The trailer is way more entertaining.