Over the past three days since my glorious sprawling fall at Atlantic City, I have gone on the elliptical and stair stepper (Monday), and run on the treadmill a total of 15 miles (Tuesday and Wednesday), and iced my knee at least once a day to help minimize swelling. So far, so good. Active recovery is working well, and it seems like all systems are go for being the 3:55 pacer at MCM.
And what's more, it looks like we'll have some great weather to contend with, unlike most years. Yes, it'll start really chilly in the low 40s, but it won't even hit 60 by the time I cross the finish. It's hard to get any better conditions than this. All I need to do is wear appropriate additional layers while standing in the corral that I shed about 5-10 minutes before the howitzer goes off, and I'll be warmed up by the time I'm about 1-2 miles in. (Maybe on the long-ish side, given the fact that the starting miles are always extremely crowded.)
Hopefully I'll have a nice sized group with me and most of them stick it out through the finish (and even push on ahead within the last mile). And, with good fortune, maybe one or two of the course photographers will get a good enough photo that captures most of the bibs of my group so I can look up afterwards what their respective results were.
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