Less than two weeks to go to the Black Hills 100. I am sitting in the St. Joe's Hospital waiting room where my wife is having shoulder surgery. She just headed to pre-op. She has been having pain in the shoulder for the last nine months. After trying a lot of other things, they feel surgery is necessary. Not totally sure what's there, but it is probably a combination of things. Some arthritis, cartilage or tendon wear, or at the worst, rotator cuff tear. Either way, she will be in a sling for a minimum of four weeks. It will prove interesting.
Been back for a few days from our vacation (including the Lake Placid Marathon) and it is nice to be home. It looks like we will be getting a new dog sometime next month. My wife spent quite a bit of time on the Internet during the vacation searching for one. After several false starts, we have found a female dalmation from a breeder in Waterloo, Indiana. The puppies are only four weeks old so we have to wait a bit before we can go pick her up. We will have the third choice out of four females. Although it has been kind of nice not having to worry about a pet the last six months, I do miss not having a dog around since Harlie passed away in January. A dog is such a faithful companion, I am really looking forward to our addition.
And, of course, my daughter, Katie's C-Section scheduled for July 18th, when our new grandson will be arriving. That will be just fantastic.
Katie and Pat will be closing on their house at the end of this month. And the move is planned for the first week in July. I am not sure just how much help I will be after the 100 mile on June 29th and 30th, but I'll do my best.
Had my most mileage of this training cycle last week with a 95 mile week. This included the marathon which boosted the total. This week and next will be my taper. I expect about 45 to 50 miles this week and only 20 to 25 next week. I have never been one who was comfortable with getting down to almost nothing by the race. I need to run pretty much everyday up to race day, even if it only a little bit. It is just my mindset. And I find it helps to keep the old body and muscles loose with the daily run. The hardest thing will be the drive up to Sturgis (about 14 hours). I tend to really stiffen up when I am behind the wheel for long periods of time. But I will mange. By heading up on Thursday, I will have Friday to loosen up and relax.
That should do it for now. Next time, I'll go over the weekend schedule for the 100 mile.
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