Year of Races

There is a very high probability that tomorrow morning’s race is going to suck.  I’m not above pre-registering my excuses here in this forum, so that I can refer back to them and use them during the race tomorrow.  Let’s go ahead and get them out in the open.

Excuse #1

According to the harbingers of bad news, weather.com, the weather is going to be crappy.  We’re looking at 33° with a 50% chance of rain.  This is after it has already rained all night.  Pretty crappy indeed.  I’ve never run in freezing rain, so I imagine it will affect me in some way.

crappy weather

Excuse #2

The wonderful folks who are organizing the Tartan Trot have made the course map accessible via mapmyrun.com.  That’s great.  What’s not so great is that the final half of the race is uphill.  Considering this is my first 10k race distance, this will most likely affect me in some way.

Hilly

Excuse #3

I’m the captain of a tennis team here in Atlanta.  I haven’t played much in the past few months, but I agreed to be captain anyways.  I was forced into action on Wednesday night after my regular lineup didn’t work out.  My partner and I made quick work of our opponents 6-3, 6-0.  Here’s the problem though.  I used some muscles during that match that I haven’t used in quite some time and now, I feel like I fell down a flight of stairs.  In particular, my left gluteus maximus is so sore that it’s sensitive to the touch.  I’m hoping this soreness will miraculously subside by tomorrow morning, but, if it doesn’t, this will most likely affect me in some way.

My butt hurts

There you have it.  3 valid reasons as to why it’s going to suck in the morning.  I have officially lodged these excuses and they are now available for use.  Wish me and my butt luck!  We’ll need it.