getting worried for Big Bend

 Eek.  This run is this coming weekend.  I'm not doing the 'ultra' part - just the 25k.  But I'm running it with slack training (long runs have been ~ 10 miles, tops), it's trail-ish (where I fall down), I have to drive and drive and drive before and after, and I'm running it on a sprained knee and torn something-in-my-shoulder.  Not ideal, but I'm pretty sure I can take it easy and enjoy the scenery and gut through the rest. So, I'll run this:

Because it will be worth it to see this:

and earn (something like) this:

no problem.