Mid Week Peek and ART

Feeling well after last weekend's 50k and getting back some motivation finally now that my cold is leaving me.  I'm not overly excited with the constant rain this week but tend to enjoy it once I get my runs underway, though I'm looking forward to dry days again.  Speaking of dry days, it looks like our Rodeo Valley event this Sunday will be spared by the weather Gods with partly cloudy skies predicted.  Saturday's course marking, on the other hand, will be a generally wet affair.  We've designed a new course and are excited to see how people like it.

Back to my exciting training…  I've started going back to a sports chiropractor for ART and general manhandling of my running-related body parts twice a week.  I haven't been on a regular schedule of chiro work since 2008 and felt it was time to start it back up again.  My hip has been slightly achy for over a month now, not really getting worse but not clearing up completely.  With another big year ahead, I'd rather tackle it pain-free (well, other than the pain I directly inflict on myself in the races!).  So, who's going to be making me yelp in joyful pain every Wednesday and Friday?

Dr. Christina Mullen

Bay Area Chiro Care and, more specifically, Christina Mullen (that's "DR. Mullen" to the rest of you ;-).  I'm picky with whom I allow to yank, prod, and pull at my legs and hips and, after seeing one of the best in the country for so long (Dr. Greenapple in North Carolina), was leery of getting back into it.  So, I researched and met with Christina and finally went for my first session yesterday and am pleased to say that I'm happy with my find.

Christina and Noel from Bay Area Chiro Care will be at Inside Trail events offering some ART for our participants.  Come see them starting this Sunday at Rodeo Valley Trail Run.  Your body will thank you.

Next up on my personal race schedule is the Diablo Trail Challenge 50k on April 21.  Then the season gets fired up with Miwok 100k, San Diego 100, Hardrock, and, well, a bunch of other fun stuff.  I'm CRAZY excited to do another 100 and San Diego has been locked into my sights for a long time.  My biggest fear is getting carried away in the first 30 miles running too fast and crawling into the Sunrise Aid Station dying…again.

Hope to see a bunch of friends and meet new ones this weekend at Rodeo!