More regular posts? We'll see.

Hmmm... maybe. It's been tough to post regularly because of all of the COVID-related cancellations. There's only so many times I can post about my training runs -- I doubt that's of much interest to anyone. Here's what I had as my goals for this blog when I first posted on March 8, 2020 -- less than two weeks before EVERYTHING changed:

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1. Training runs -- especially particularly difficult or disappointing ones, and how I got through them
2. The many races I'll be running this year (I've got 8 more on my calendar as of today for a total of 9), from traveling to them, to the expos, to the crowd support and race logistics, to the bling, and to the recovery
3. Destination races (both domestic and overseas)
4. My big three goals for the year:

• Break a second Guinness World Record (yes, I've already broken one -- we'll get to that)
• Finally break through the 3-hour barrier
• Run my 50th marathon at the 50th New York City Marathon

     5.  Factors beyond our control:

• Particularly bad running weather
• Cancellations due to COVID-19 and other natural (or manmade) disasters

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I didn't have all of those races, but I did wind up running a total of 4 during the year. I'll try to be better about post-race posts this year. I'm currently set to run one in Feb, April, possibly May, October, and November if everything continues apace -- we'll see.

It's unlikely that I'll even have another GWR attempt, as I don't expect to be running in London, Sydney, Berlin, or Toronto -- the locations where I don't need to do any paperwork after the application is accepted, merely need to run the race.

I didn't manage to break 3-hours yet, either, despite having trained for it and run a proper race on a mostly flat course with that as the goal.

It's still a possibility to run my 50th marathon at the 50th running of the NYC Marathon. Fingers crossed that that works out.

My biggest concern at the moment is my right Achilles tendon. Earlier tonight, it decided to scream at me. Ice, compression, elevation -- so far it seems to have helped. And with tomorrow being a rest day from running (since today was a (tapering) long run), that should also help. Wish me luck with keeping healthy for my upcoming race.