Graham, Ricky,

By the time I am writing this, Graham has most certainly finished his 8 mile loop, while Ricky is probably still out on his “survival mission” for the full marathon.  I assume that the trail conditions are decent today at Otter Creek Park; there was probably some mud sliding, but temperature allowed for shorts and short sleeves.   What an unusual day in the middle of December.

Unfortunately, I had to discard my plans for the 16 mile trail run today.  I burned my left foot with boiling water yesterday afternoon.  One of these stupid things you believe only happens to other people.  The injury is not really serious, but the resulting blister is big enough to not allow for any running for a few days.  Rats, I really had looked forward doing this run.  I hope to be back in business soon, especially since our “official” spring marathon training started this week.  I already screwed up successfully week one and week two.

Let us know how the race went.

Yours truly “jealous and sidelined”

Manfred