So Good, So Good, So Good!

Congratulations to Jon Lester for throwing a No-hit gem!

Having just done the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge, it is very inspiring to see such a young man overcome cancer to accomplish one of the best individual milestones in all of sports.

Jon, I hope you can let your humble side down for a minute and really enjoy your tremendous accomplishments. For anyone who complains that professional athletes are bad role models, you, Jon Lester, stand as one of the best examples of why we turn, time and time again, to sports.

It may be silly to say, but listening to the no-hitter last night, makes me proud to be human today.

Now, here is to a long, success filled career and an even longer, healthy life.

Theo: Make this young man a rich young man!

GO SOX!!!

Bike/Walk to Work Day

It is bike or walk to work day and I will be biking. I am two miles from work. I drove yesterday because of the rain and after work, I went for a 30 minute run from the parking lot. When I got back to my car, I could not turn the key in the ignition. It was stuck... I tried for about 10 minutes. So I tacked on an extra two miles to my run and ran home. The point of this is that this is when I noticed how tired and sore my right knee is. It is the knee that was bothering me during training for Boston and as I write, it is quite sore. I could feel my IT band last night as I was in bed, it felt like a rubber band that was about to snap. So, I am going to have to be very careful. There is not a lot of pain, just a decent ache.
So now, I am going to bike to work and call AAA to tow my car or at least try to get the key to work.

No point to this really. I'm still getting back into the swing of things and this lingering knee thing is kind of a bummer.

Hiatus Over

Ok, I have taken a hiatus from all things running and that has included this blog. Needless to say I was pretty tired after the big race. It turns out I was carrying a cold on the day of the Marathon and I still have not been able to shake it (of course I have had some allergies too). I'll be getting back into the swing of running this weekend. My legs are itching to run.
In the meantime, I have been writing a bunch, playing a ton of guitar and even written a few songs for the first time in several years. I hope this isn't a tradeoff: in order to write I have to not run.
Anyways, my unofficial fundraising total stands at just over $7300. I am considering my fundraising efforts completed, so anything else that comes in is just icing.
What is next? Looks like another marathon this fall. With a lot of good choices up and down the east coast for a fall 26.2, one seems as the logical choice, but I do not want to confirm anything yet.
I'll get back in the swing of blogging and running over the next few days, so keep checking back.