DNS or "The Game's Afoot!"

For the first time ever - well,since I started doing tri's and 5K's two years ago - I entered an event and did not compete: DNS = Did Not Start (or Didn't Show Up, as one of my children termed it.)

Why? 3 reasons. First and best, my left foot hurts. It started bothering me a couple of weeks ago while I was running. It bothered me during the Spring Runoff and was really tender after my last training run. It's on the top, inside of my left foot, and according to what I found on the various internet sites - yes, I'm one of those - if I'm lucky, it's just tendinitis and will heal with some time off. If I'm not - it's a stress fracture of one of the metatarsals.

I was still going to compete in the Indoor/Outdoor Sprint Tri at the Southern Saratoga Y. After all, I had paid the entry fee ( a stiff $45! for Y members) and I was pretty sure I could tough it out. Kathy pointed out the inherent stupidity of this approach, and, uncharacteristically, I listened.

The other two reasons? It was cold and looked like rain, and I didn't feel like I had trained enough on the bike. Truth be told, if my foot had felt ok, they wouldn't have mattered. After all, the same two things were true last year and I started and completed that tri.

So, I will lay off the running for a while and see how it feels. What the hell, I needed more bike time anyway.

See you out there (but it looks like it will just be on the bike for a couple of weeks!)