Trail Run #7 - I'm Back; and Sharing the Trail with "Ritz"

My back is back! The last time I ran, I twanged my back, and pretty much couldn't exercise for about 5 days. Yesterday I ran for the first time since then, and my back was good. Pretty big relief. The run felt pretty good too. My wife and I ran the Adidas loop near Amazon park. Just three loops today, so only three miles, but that was probably perfect for the day. Di was really tired, and I knew I should probably not do too much on the first time back since my back trouble. There were a couple fast guys out there today. One in particular, I am pretty certain is Dathan Ritzenhein, aka "Ritz". I am new to running, so didn't of him, but the Olympic Rings tattoo on his left calf seemed pretty unusual and like it probably meant something, so I looked up who might have this on the web and found Ritz. Since he lives in Eugene, I'm pretty sure that was him out there running. The guy was smokin' fast. When he lapped me (a couple times), his feet were literally leaving dirt flying behind him. The guy was tearing it up. Anyway, happy to be running again. My knees are in pain after yesterday again, but hopefully that's just the usual, and now if I run some more, and ride of course, I can work that out.