Teamwork

I ran the past two days without any problems! Well, I should say without any injury-related problems. My peroneal tendon is fine. It's the rest of me that feels horrible. Amazing how one week of cross training can make me feel "out of shape" when I try to run again. Today I could barely keep up with Ash, Ben, Richard, and Pfeuffer for 8 miles. I wouldn't have made it if it weren't for the fact that they refused to let me go. They kept slowing down and backtracking to "pick me up" and bring me back to the rest of the group. I wanted to tell them not to wait for me, to leave me and go on by themselves, but they beat me to the argument by saying that no one gets left behind.

Overall the current situation is good: I am healthy again and able to continue training, and Russ didn't even drop me down in the team standings as I'd feared. I'm still in group B, meaning I can keep running 60 miles a week. Meaning I can still get back to where I was a year ago. I even get to do hills again, despite the recent injury. My hopes of being able to contribute to the team this season are still alive.