Racing again...

Saturday I will be running my second 5K road race- it was originally scheduled for December 15, but the ice storm caused it to be postponed.

I thought I might take a moment to lay out my excuses for running poorly beforehand:

1. Work, weather, and an injury have kept me from running for most of the month (though I have been playing soccer at least twice a week for the last three weeks.
2. I have a cold/sore throat.
3. It's going to be cold.
4. My lower back has been giving me problems for about a week.
5. My left hamstring and quad have been injured for the last month.

My guess is that #5 will be the biggest problem.

I'm just kind of hoping to finish.

We'll see.