update from Ross

Okay, enough already, I know it's been forever since my last post!! A lot has happened and I'll fill you in as briefly as I can.



I have only had two runs since then. One was a terrific 11 mile classic a few weeks back that couldn't have gone any better. 6 Days later I tried to run 13 during a heat advisory (okay, I'm a fucking moron). I only managed 9 very scrambled miles and it took days to recover.

I have been so busy at work it has been incredible. I've been working from 6 to 6 and it hasn't left a lot of time for running, never mind the fact that after dealing with asshole parents all day I am totally drained.

To top all that off, I have had some sort of stomach/gall bladder infection/aliment going on for the last 9 days. Forget running, eating and sleeping have been painful. I took my first pain free breathe today. This month has sucked so far.

Okay, so where do we stand? Ken is reluctant to come up and run this thing alone with my half hearted training that's been going on. If he comes up he will be sacrificing a family Reunion at Disney and I can't handle that pressure on me. I told him to go ahead and bail on Manchester, I'll be talking to Todd and Bib tomorrow. I'm going to tell them the following: I'm going to try to get back to training, I make no promises to anyone about my readiness for Manchester. I plan to run that race on 11/4 with a prayer of finishing, that's all I can say! My apologies to all if I let anyone down by letting my training fall behind!! I'm still going to give it the college try..sorry Ross

P.S. Ken, I really might have found Jesus, I wouldn't make that shit up!!