No 20K

I passed on the Boston Buildup 20K today not because my knee was bothering me, but because the cutback in miles has been offset by an increased caloric intake. I've been trying to drop 12 - 15 Lbs for years, now I can just make it 20 some. On the bright side I ran the OCA from Croton Dam with Mike and Michelle Saturday and it was fun. Just slick enough to make it interesting and the only time in history that just one person fell and it wasn 't me. We all hadn't run together for a while so I was also able to dump the sarcasm file over 5 1/2 miles. Today it was the 7.1 loop around Titicus reservoir, slow start but a lot of pop at the end which is good. My plan now is to get training for some as yet unknown spring races and see if I can have one good showing. Then in April train for the San Francisco Marathon. Right now I feel I have as good a chance of running a marathon as I do of an out and back to Peru. The memory of my bonk at mile 17 of the "Run for the Red Marathon" after my bypass a couple of years ago and my inability to do long training runs lately are my current wall of fear. So the challenge is defined and put up time ain't that far away.