Al, in his own juices

Whoa boy, I am in a sorry state. I am still fighting the martian death plague. It is this lingering shit (I've been sort of sick for 2 weeks). It won't go full bore and just get finished. Added to that, I'm having a problem with my heel still. The fucker hurts like the padding is bruised (I've experienced this in the past after particularly hard weeks or long runs). But the achilles feels real tight too. I don't know what is going on there. The only thing that seems positive is that it seems to improve after I start running, so I'm not worrying too much yet.



I've also started to have some weirdness happen to me if I jack myself up on caffeine before a run. (This used to be my pre run ritual: triple shot of espresso or a large coffee.) Now I get lightheaded and really shaky after a few miles. Yesterday, I had to sit down and shake for a few minutes. Then I got up and was just fine. Weird. I guess I just can't handle the go juice anymore.




Brooklyn 1/2 tomorrow. I'm running despite the heel pain, plague, shakes etc. I'll let you know how it goes.