Out With a Wimper

My cross season ended in disappointment -- I was forced to miss the last race of the series, double points and all, due to illness. I've raced the week before with a cold that had me running on half a lung, and ended up coming down with an intestinal virus that kept me out of work three days and left me in too sad a shape to contemplate starting the race.

As a result, I ended up slipping a place in the overall standings, with Lew Rollins moving into 4th place by a mere 5 points.

Now, before you weep for me, keep the following in mind:

1. On those occasions where I have finished ahead of Lew, it was not by substantial margins. My dreams are haunted by the sound of his free wheel...
2. On those occasions where he's beat me, it's been by a pretty substantial margin.
3. Lew likes to warm up prior to the Master's 45+ by killing it in the 55+ race where he demonstrates his national championship form by passing 50 or 60 guys in the C field who had a one minute head start.
4. Lew's an retired marine, who would have came out and raced missing a limb, and certainly would not let a little liquid $%#* stop him.

So, if you believe in a just world, then it's hard to argue with the way things turned out. Here's wishing Lew a repeat victory at National's again this year!