Chatting not running ahead of the CCC

I may not have trained enough for my upcoming 100km race, but I did get to talk to Eliud Kipchoge, so I'll be fine

Eliud Kipchoge, coming in live via Zoom

A friend asked me yesterday if I was ready for the CCC - a 100km mountain race in the Alps that I’ll be taking part in in four days. I had to shake my head and sigh. Of course, not. I’m never ready. Why am I never ready?

Life just gets in the way. I was doing fairly OK for a few weeks back there, hitting a few mount…