Trail Dad Running Reports

So on came week 2 of the  Chuck Norris Challenge ! If you missed the event description and the write up of week 1, see my previous post: Chuck Norris Challenge (Part 1) . A big part of why I did this event was the pure challenge of it. I've run further in one day. In fact, I've run longer distances regularly in the past two months or so. I've run multi-day, stage race style events. But never had I raced for so many days straight at the kind of speed that would be required. The challenge intrigued me. Despite the intrigue of the challenge, I was also nervous about injury. The distances didn't phase me, but the stress from the intensity was something my body wouldn't be used to. How would my body react to the stress on my muscles, tendons, joints, bones? I certainly didn't want to get injured. But as week 1 turned into week 2, the fatigue mounted, and these concerns started to feature more prominently in my thoughts. It is from this backdrop that I b

At this point, pretty much every runner I know has been affected by COVID-19. Many of us have had races cancelled or postponed. More of us are running solo more often, and when we meet, we don’t run quite as close together as we once did. I know of people who, under community decree, can’t go out and have run marathons in their backyards. Some have actually been quarantined. And that’s just the running. I communicate with runners who do race timing. Now out of work. I know many who are small business owners teetering on the brink, trying to navigate the new reality. My wife is (was) a flight attendant, now out of work for at least six months, so we’re on one income. ...as long as my jobs lasts. We’re all trying to cope. Me? There were so many great races that I couldn’t do due to family constraints. The two events I could do were busts. I had to drop out of ABF Trail Marathon after my wife’s trips were rescheduled and my kids came down with the flu. Prairie Spirit 100M has b