OK, I survived one night of graveyard. Wasn't very busy at all, which is good. I actually had the opportunity to try to take a nap, try being the operative word. No such luck. Gave up on the nap at 4 a.m. and just sat up bleary-eyed until it was time to go home.
I've done some calculation. Total US population is 310 million and change. In 2010, there were 22,674 American entries at Boston, or one for every 13,000 people in the U.S. With the population of Fort Smith being 80,000, there should be six runners at Boston from Fort Smith. Instead there is one: Me. The population of Arkansas is about 2.9 million, so there should be 210 entries. Instead, there are 61 -- and even that is better than last year. Fayetteville and Little Rock are well represented. Arkadelphia, my hometown, should have one entry; instead there are two. But Fort Smith only has one, and that's because I moved here from elsewhere. Not sure what that means, other than that the Fort Smith running community could stand some building.
Anyway, did my part for the FS running community by getting out and doing some this afternoon; 4.5 at about 9:25 pace. As usual, I got faster as I went along. If I could figure out how to do that for a full 26.2, I might be dangerous. Now off to the hospital soon. | 