Team Trials long course at South Mountain. Not so bad, made it around in under 2 hours, which after about 90 minutes I wasn't sure I could do.
My initial reaction to the run was more or less the usual, somewhat dissatisfied, thinking back to the trials a couple of years ago in St. Louis where I seemed to be running about 10% faster.
But then on the way home I was thinking, not so bad, made it around all three days without totally embarrassing myself (or anyone else, I hope). And looking at the years of birth of the rest of the field, where it seems I have a head start in this world on the next oldest by 17 years, again, not so bad. And if I was feeling totally uncoordinated in all those rocks, afraid of doing serious damage anytime I would try to run, well, considering how my agility, balance, flexibility, eyesight, well, pretty much everything except my good looks, has all gone to hell over the last few years, then today was all right. And certainly the best time of anyone eligible to collect Social Security.... :-)
So while not exactly thrilled, it seems unreasonable to be pissed off. So there.
Though it is a stretch right at this moment to say "I feel great!" Lost a reasonable amount of skin off my right knee, my bionic toe is sorer and more swollen than usual, and I have a purple third toe on my left foot, the result of what may have looked like a very unsuccessful attempt to dislodge a piece of very well planted rock.
On the other hand, my left knee held up ok, as did the hamstrings, and my weird very painful right leg walking around the house syndrome seems to have calmed down a good bit, at least for now. The last is probably due to the fact that lots of other things hurt.
So here's the
course, no routes yet.