Tidbits

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A few details I left out about the marathon...
The RD, Jon, is an incredible artist. I've seen him draw and this guy is world-class.
There's been controversy about waste at races. I don't know who the complainers are, but they say finisher medals, shirts, etc. are wasteful. So there's been a push to get away from that.
Personally, I like medals. My son thinks it's cool to go through dad's pile. It inspires him, which is the name of the game.
Well, I told Jon, I think people would rather have one of his drawings than a medal.
So that's what they did! And 1st place male and female got the print on hand-made paper.
I was nowhere close to placing, but I have to admit that's another reason I ran harder.
All finishers did recieve a smaller print, though, so I'm happy.

This is the only race I've ever run where only one female finished ahead of me, and by not many minutes. But it doesn't mean much. I'm not sure how many people ran, but I think only about 60 finished. So many didn't show, or converted to the half-marathon, so if you compare percentages, the same percentage of women were ahead of me. This race, however, definitely favored us bulldozer-snowplow types. Wow, if only it had been a 50k! I would have kept passing, because I wasn't running low on steam.

My bib number was 69 - which is as close to kinky sex as I'll ever get.
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About two weeks ago, my left knee woke me throbbing. The pain went away after poking at it.
Well last night a very similar throbbing bolt of pain woke me up, but this time it went down the back of my left knee and calf. It hit me at lunch too. It feels electrical, so I suspect a pinched nerve somewhere. Maybe it's my sciatic nerve. I'm not sure what to do about it but massage and ignore it. Ibuprofen doesn't usually help with nerve pain, but if tissue swelling is putting pressure on the nerve, then maybe it would help the cause.