The Colfax half marathon is Sunday. My training is comical.

 

In reality, I’m about half way there in terms of half-marathon running shape. I have a handful of five mile runs under my belt. Going into last week, I wasn’t discouraged. In fact, I was optimistic.

 

The initial plan called for daily runs while on vacation in rural Ohio. There’s nothing but country roads anyway, so what could be better. The only problem is that it rained every day I spent in Ohio. This wasn’t just rain, but downpours. Running was out of the question for this armchair athlete.

 

Now that I’m back in Colorado, I plan to get a run in tonight and maybe another short run on Friday. Let’s be honest though, these short runs the week of the event won’t help. Reality is setting in that I face a very painful birthday on Sunday.