Felix vs Felix

Key Words: Sore Heel, Sore Hamstring, Marine-like Barking
Word Count: 361

My left heel is sore. My left hamstring is sore. Sigh, I'm a left-sided wreck. The heel pain has been with me for many months, but the hammy joining in is frustrating. Still, today was the last day to run before Saturday morning, and I needed three miles to make the weekly mendoza line of 20 miles. So off I went to Memorial for a 1 mile easy, 1 mile hard, 1 mile easy tempo run. As I remembered, tempo runs after speed work is rough, but I ground out the hard mile in 8:50. The painful bits held up OK, but I can certainly use the next two days off. As I was coming back to my car, I was surrounded by the pitter-pat of rain .... three runs in a row with precipitation!

The coach of my main, Houston Marathon running group, the Yellow Fever, is Felix Lugo. Lately, a certain Felix the hurricane has been making the news. Though hurricane Felix has left us now, I though I would do a comparison, and declare a winner:

• Coach Felix is famous for running marathons with the US flag. Hurricane Felix is famous for ravaging Central America. Global warming makes hurricanes a dime a dozen, it makes running with a flag a chore, advantage Coach Felix.
  


• Coach Felix is known to blow up if you don't run with water. Hurricane Felix is famous because it blew up over warm water. I've ran in rain too much lately, water sucks, it's a draw.
  


• Coach Felix is a portly fellow. Hurricane Felix was a portly hurricane. Girth doesn't help runners, it helps a hurricane wreak havoc, advantage Hurricane Felix.
  


• Coach Felix scares newbie runners with his Marine-like barking. Hurricane Felix scared Nicaraguans to run for their lives. Run for fun, not for need, advantage Coach Felix.

So there you have it, the winner of Felix vs Felix is Coach Felix. Besides, Hurricane Felix probably wasn't even nasty enough to have it's name retired (the Hall of Fame for hurricanes). Molinas for margs tomorrow, I'll have one for you!