so i know that most of us follow hustlers on facebook.  but there are times when i feel like saying more than a few sentences and there are times when i like hearing more than a few sentences. so here goes.

for those hustlers that are injured or hurting, i'm sorry.  it's no fun to not be able to do an activity you enjoy a lot.  no matter for the reason for the injury or inability to perform, keep your chin up.  don't let this get you down.  this is just a small hurdle in your running life.  learn from this time – maybe you trained too hard or added mileage too fast or maybe it's just your body telling you to slow down or maybe none of the above.  someone wrote on erika's facebook wall to heal now so that she can run long into the future.  like, like, like.  we all want to be doing this 10 or 20 or even 30 years from now.  so take the rest, do the healing, and save your legs/feet/hips for the rest of your life. 

i recently when through a phase of not being able to run well either.  it wasn't a physical injury but my legs were feeling horribly heavy – picture a block wall block strapped to my thighs and that's how heavy my legs were feeling.  it was bad.  so one day i just thought about how i was feeling and what i had changed and it dawned on me that i probably wasn't eating enough carbs.  like really not eating carbs.  but i wasn't doing it intentionally.  i had gotten onto a soup kick.  but i wasn't doing crackers or breads or bagels.  and those are foods i really enjoy.  so i have been adding carbs, of some sort, at every meal – and i feel like a new person.  the sad thing is, this non-thoughtful eating caused me to miss whiskey row this year – for the first time in a very long, long time.  never again.

so as our lives ebb and flow, take the time to learn and grow and adapt and move on.  these experiences add to our life journey.       

i agree on both things.  i would also like to get back into some sort of routine.  on one of my recent walks, thoughts were rolling through my head about getting mileage back up and really not wanting to but needing to train for whiskey row – and for some reason, none of that sounds fun – at least for right now.  the thought of chugging up cherry tree to get a long run in just sounds insane right now.  and sorry i bugged out on coffee last saturday – i need to bring some warm/dry clothes to saturdays because by the time i'm done with the run, i'm soaked and then not moving makes me cold.  i know i'm whining and making excuses – sorry :(      hopefully in the very near future we will have time to chat more than we have.

the forum board has been awfully quiet lately.  and come to think of it, i think that there are a few race reports missing – including 2 (or just 1?) from me.

and i would really like to hear about the chang experience from the hustlers that ran that event.  including the post-race funk at least two of us seem to be in.