No running Friday, but boy, did I get a workout. Up at 4:30. At the airport a little after 6. Fly to Newark. Have to haul butt through the terminal to make my connecting flight; they were boarding when I got there. Fly to Boston. Stand around forever in the terminal; I can run 26 miles no problem but standing still for 15 minutes kills me. Wait for Pam's flight to arrive from Cincinnati. Stand around some more retrieving her luggage because she is in serious pain. finally get bag, catch the shuttle to the rentacar place. Stand around some more. get our car, drive into Boston and park at Government Center. Walk -- a lot. Catch a subway to near Fenway Park. Walk, and help Pam walk, to the ballpark. Have to change seats, twice, because of Pam's pain. Finally end up sitting behind the Mets' bullpen in great seats. Enjoy the game. Walk back to the subway station. Can't get all the way back to our original station because it's so late, so I have to walk about a half-mile, get the car and come back and get Pam. Then we go back to the airport and wait about an hour for Tyler. He finally arrives, we pick him up and drive to Chatham, arriving well after 2 a.m. Finally in bed at 3 a.m. Accounting for the time change, still a 22 hour day.
I've identified bike trails through Chatham and Harwich that will be good for my runs, or I can do short runs on the beach. Of course I still plan to do my dress rehearsal on part of the Boston course. It's Saturday afternoon as I write this and it's raining and 35 degrees cooler than it was yesterday in Boston. No problem. I'll get a 12-miler in this afternoon. | 