You Are Now Free to Move About the Country

Today we leave for Boston. The last couple of days have been really hectic. My wife is working full-time, and I have been trying to keep the house under control, look for a job, help with the fundraising benefit we are involved with, and get ready for Boston. People have been emailing and calling me to wish me luck, and it’s been really uplifting. I started running because I wanted an exercise where I wasn’t reliant on a gym being open, or making an exercise class, or having enough guys on a team. While I do all of my weekday runs, and half of my long runs by myself; I don’t feel like I’m going it alone. If Laura sees me when I come back, she wants to know how my run was, and I get to replay it for her. Or if I am debating over a certain route to run the next day, she listens, and sometimes will comment what she knows about which direction the wind is supposed to be in the morning, or mention that some people in her triathlon club are running in a certain place. And there are so many people that we know that are runners, or want to run, or are curious about our quirky habits like “carb-loading”, and “fartleks”.
Today will be my second rest day this week. Yesterday, I rode a bike at the health club for half an hour. Earlier in the week, I swam for 40 minutes. Everything feels good so far. I think I will run about 3 miles near the finish tomorrow, and then also take off Sunday to watch Laura run the 5K.
I am nervous and excited. Part of it is the race, and also some stress about finding work and things that we need to get done at home. I am hoping that with 3 days in Boston before the race, we will soak in the atmosphere and I will put that out of my mind. The trick is to mainly use this computer for blogging, and not for checking email, or writing cover letters for jobs. We are flying east towards Boston now, so I’m on my way.