Mikey, hehe nope not terrier colors. The red is more of a orangey red than a fire engine red. But yeah the Red and White are pretty much right on. Random: I found a 2006 BAA T-shirt at a discount clothing store on Saturday. I bought it. I'm totally wearing it as my lay around the house/sleep in shirt. Maybe if I sleep in it dreams can come true. Cute huh? Are you gonna hang out in downtown Boston for the 16th? I wish I was going. My best friend is running in it and a very close friend of mine is also running in it. So proud of both of them.

Why is the finish the worst place to view? Crowded or something? I heard finish lines are like emotional and stuff...

Wow that sounds nuts! I guess I'll bring my cell phone with me when I run so that I can tell everyone when I finish and where to pick me up off the ground. Very shortly after finishing my first marathon I basically just sat on the ground. Getting up was difficult. Then I had to take a flight home so I had to continue my marathon by getting through the airport with carry on luggage. I digress... Is there lovely weather there? Spring fever in the air? I could use a great Patriots Day weekend... but then it would be minus the alcohol. Too much of that lately.

Goooooo baseball! I love baseball I "survived" my first 10k speedwork. Damn it's easy. Throw me on hilly trails with uneven terrain, and that is ROUGH. The track, feh, that's easy! whoooooo hooooo

Steve, my friend said if you aren't elite they make you run the Boston Marathon at around or a little before lunch time. I can't imagine that is good for your fuel system! bleh. I'm a morning runner who needs to run at most 2 hours after eating. More than that, I'm screwed.

....has that changed?

Yes, the elite women get to start early and the regular folks are now started in 2 waves. Elite Women Start: 9:35 a.m. Elite Men & Wave 1 Start: 10:00 a.m. Wave 2 Start: 10:30 a.m. Thank God. The noon start was the dumbest thing in the world. 10 a.m. is still too late IMO. In 2004 it was in the 40's as we boarded our club bus in Medford to head out there. When we got to hopkinton it was in the 50's. By the time we left the bus for the last time to walk to our corals it was 75+. At the start it was 80. By the time I got to Brookline it was 86 and my marathon dreams had long been reduced to smoldering ashes.

Steve, wow the old school of running has changed. Now we are iPods, fuel systems, and GPS locators. My goodness. Its amazing that people actually do work, considering the silver platter upon which we do our feats of endurance. Just water for 26.2 miles. Now that would lead me, personally, to really carboload. I'd probably eat similarly to how a sumo wrestler eats after periods of forced starvation (you know they binge-cycle them to make them gain weight?). Anyhow, I've run on zero fuel during my 20 mile runs before and the only way I can do that is if I eat a personal pizza. And ice cream. And cookies. Personal pizza + ice cream + cookies = good long run sans fueling all along the way! Anyhow... I don't know what the deal is with the late start. Maybe it's for the spectators rather than the runnres. If that's the case then all the more reason to be a little huffy about it. I was a good spectator from my brownstone apartment from 1995-2000. I was running then but never dreamed of doing a marathon. Come to think of it, I can't believe I have done one. I'd play music out my windows... nothing that I'm sure anyone really liked, but I had good intentions. But the frat boys on the roof always had louder music than me so I'm not sure what my logic was. Steve, you'll go back to Boston! You should. I'll be there, I'm determined. Striving for PR's and a year of injury free, steady motivation running in 2007.