It’s all good

It’s been a while since my last post; things are getting busier as we head into the last couple of weeks before the marathon, here are a few quick updates

- Felt good running the New Bedford half marathon two weekends ago, as well as in last weekend’s Loooong run. Thanks to Cate and Bridgett for pulling and pushing me through that!

- This weekend I officially hit my fundraising goal of $5,000 (Yeah!!) but with 19 days to go, there still time to raise more, so up to $7,500 it goes.

- Got my MGH uniform and official marathon number this week
You can look me up – bib 25892

-Should be wrapping up my list of 101 reasons soon!

Some more reasons to run

I’d been feeling a bit down this week; between the rain, and a new clicking sound in my knee, the training was taking its toll… then as the week was coming to an end, I got some reminders of why I’m doing this.

For Declan. A patient of my cousin’s who within the last week, was just diagnosed with cancer. As I read the updates from his parents, I get sad, angry, and more determined to do more ...

And for Tom, who continues to do more… In addition setting up another blood drive, Tom has been one of our family’s greatest supporters. Mark your calendars for June 11th for a blood Drive in honor of Liam in Kingston, MA.
 
Sunday, I'll be running a half marathon, and have lots to think about along the way, the least of which should be the clicking sound in my knee.

For the DePaolo Middle School students

This Week, panic attack; just 37 days until the marathon.

Based on the last few weekends of running, it seems like I start to fall apart shortly after reaching 12 miles. Last week, I was afraid to take my sneakers off; the pain from the blisters was so bad, I figured my feet, socks and sneakers had all welded together. I typically like to run alone, and have always stayed away from having others train with me, but from here on, I know I need someone by my side. Otherwise there’s a good chance I’ll just breakdown on the side of the road crying. So the game plan for tomorrow is this… on the road running by 7am (to beat the REALLY Bad weather), head west towards Easton, and meet up with Cate and/or Jackie around mile 10, then run another six through Borderland State Park.

for the music therapy program

Liam ~ Sept 2007

needed the gloves today

I've been running without gloves lately, earlier this week, I even went running with just a baseball hat (vs. the winter hat) but I needed both back on today! Also got a great spreadsheet today from our MGH Marathon coordinator, I can calculate where I'll be at points into the marathon, although its a bit overwhelming to think about.. as we get closer to April 19th I'll probably post my predictions, for now I'm thinking I'll be happy with anything under six hours.