Half a year without a race

I posted this last year after sitting out for a LONG time.  I ended up going another 25 days before racing (140 days total).  This year I’m in a worse position.  It has been 180 days since my last race!  Hoping to get back to it soon.

Rank	gap	Race1	Race2	Reason for the gap	Race before the gap	Race after the gap
1	329	09/15/85	08/10/86	Scoped knee (twice)	Finished 6th in the Jim Witt 5m (24:59) with torn meniscus in knee	Finished 2nd in the Lowell Fire Fighters 5m (24:32)
2	291	07/02/97	04/19/98	Fractured navicular (screw)	Won the Lancaster CMS 5k in 16:02 (couldn’t walk after)	17th at the Red Shoe 5m (28:57)
3	180	08/24/19	02/01/20	Fractured sacrum	USATF 10m championships - awful day ran out of gas after 5m	?????
4	146	08/22/99	01/15/00	Ankle injury (no surgery)	21st at Challenge Stellina (Susa Italy) couldn't walk after…"distorted ankle"	3rd at the South Pond shuffle
5	140	10/21/18	03/10/19	Right ankle, then left ankle, then Right hamstring	110th at the Baystate marathon hobbling from the start	Malden 10k
6	119	07/06/03	11/02/03	hamstring & ankle (no surgery)	Finished 21st at the Vail Hill Climb	4th at the Willard brook ramble

Saturday, February 16, 2019

I miss racing

I like to race!  Over the last 40+ years I’ve raced more than 1,400 times or an average of about once every 10 days.  Today marks the 5th longest downtime (or gap) between races.  I’m not sure when I’ll be able to race again but it has been nearly 4 months (115 days) since I ran the Baystate marathon.  I have entered some races already (did that back in December) figuring I’d be ready.  Now it is only four weeks until New Bedford and I’m not confident I’ll be able to run it, never mind race it.  Needless to say I’m not happy about being sidelined this long.

Rank      gap         Race1    Race2    Race before the gap        Reason for the gap          Race after the gap

1              329         09/15/85              08/10/86              Finished 6th in the Jim Witt 5m (24:59) with torn meniscus in knee                Scoped knee (twice Finished 2nd in the Lowell Fire Fighters 5m (24:32)

2              291         07/02/97              04/19/98              Won the Lancaster CMS 5k in 16:02 (couldn’t walk after)                Fractured navicular (screw)         17th at the Red Shoe 5m (28:57)

3              146         08/22/99              01/15/00              21st at Challenge Stellina (Susa Italy) couldn't walk after…"distorted ankle"   Ankle injury (no surgery)              3rd at the South Pond shuffle

4              119         07/06/03              11/02/03              Finished 21st at the Vail Hill Climb            hamstring & ankle (no surgery)               4th at the Willard brook ramble

5              115         10/21/18              ?????    110th at the Baystate marathon hobbling from the start Right ankle, then left ankle, then Right hamstring         ?????

5              115         05/25/79              09/17/79              2nd at the Freshman track championships 2 mile (11:04)                Didn't race over the summer      2nd in dual meet VS Lawrence