This is great, Mike. So out of my league, but cool to see. On another topic, will you be watching the marathon on Monday? I lived in Boston for a couple of years and, now that I'm a runner, I'm sad that I never made it out to cheer on the runners. I just realized the start is right where I was staying a couple of weeks ago, too. Hopefully you'll be there right in the front to start in '08. Man that would be cool.

Week beginning 4/9/07 -- 58 miles in 7 runs. Mon - 6.4 easy jog Tue - 10 with 8 x 2 min on / 1 min off, and 6 x 30 secs on / 1 min off Wed - 5 easy Thu - 8.3 miles mini progression run Fri - 6.8 easy Sat - 8.3 easy Sun - 12.9 mile progression run in the pissing down rain. All in all an okay week. I had a lot going on in real life and just felt like I was treading water running-wise but looking back, it was a pretty decent week. I broke from my normal "two big workouts" philosophy due to scheduling so stuck in a little mini progression run on Thursday. Today's (Sunday's) run was a pretty good effort. It was cold, pouring rain and windy so I decided to bag my plans for a track workout and do a high aerobic progresison run, figuring it would keep me warmer and less likely to injure myself. I committed early to keeping it going as long as I could keep getting faster each mile--then as soon as I couldn't, I would end the workout. I kept it up through 10--which ended up the steepest longest hill on the route--then cracked in mile 11. I just couldn't recover fast enough from the charge up the hill in mile 10 to crank it down in mile 11. Once I finished mile 11 slower than 10, I just cruised the reast of the way home at a medium pace to keep warm.

Thanks, Chica. I think it went pretty well, we'll see. I gotta go back and meet with the prez of the co. on Thursday night. Not sure if I want the job but I'm pretty sure they liked me. This weather has got to stop, it's dragging me down. Probably a big part of why I'm so tired, well that and a bunch of other stuff.

I had to leave Boston because of the weather. Too much for a southern gal to handle! Glad the interview went well. Oh, I realized the END of the marathon was at the library, the Lenox, etc, rather than the start. That would make more sense. Hope your week picks up!

This morning my run got whacked. I had planned 10 with 5 x 1 mle. Now I'll try and squeeze in 7 along the Charles at lunch and see if I can get out for 10 tomorrow. Life is cramping my running stile. Alas.

rockin black socks...

I had my first run along the Charles just a couple of weeks ago. Hope to get another one in when I'm there for a wedding in June-it was just beautiful and made me miss the old times. . . well, when I was in the bars, not running. Mike, great photos. That girl looks like she's about to tag you on your arm. I guess she's checking her watch? I dunno, I think my story sounds better. That's why you kicked her ass.