Race Across New Mexico, Stage 5 and 6

Due to a lot of pain and stiffness in my left knee area, I decided it best to not run Stage 5. Immediately after finishing Stage 4 (walking 24 miles and jogging 2), the place behind the left knee where the long head of the gastrocnemius inserts was very sore and prevented me from fully extending my my left knee. This was a bad sign, and I played it smartly by deciding not to run.

Instead, we went on to the next hotel in Socorro, where the amazing Jose Peres worked on my legs a bit. After taking a nice soak in some epsom salt and essential oils, he performed moxibustion on my calf, and then massaged my legs out. Needless to say, this all felt amazing!

On the day Stage 6 was supposed to begin, my leg still had stiffness and I was limping around. Max and I decided to go down to the town of Truth or Consequences, NM to visit a hot springs. After an hour of relaxing in the healing waters, we ate a nice lunch (salad buffet), and then did some exploring of the area around Elephant Butte.