Started off my 52nd year today with a really busy day. Full shift, seven admits and a consult, then came home, changed, went to SHS and did mile reps in the dark, in the rain. Plan was to do 5 X 1m at ~10K pace. Couldn't quite hit that, in part because the Garmin is still bamboozled by sharp turns on the track, but each rep got faster: 7:40, 7:32, 7:30, 7:28, 7:26. Would have been nice to run those splits Saturday in the 10K, put it that way. Yep, I'm another year older and another year slower. No longer married, trying to date again with limited success, trying to connect with my son (that's going better), getting the hang of the new job. I fulfilled a dream by running Boston, and in so doing made a ton of new friends. But all in all, not sad to see year #51 disappear in the rear view mirror. And it was a bit overwhelming to see all the birthday greetings on FB and RWOL. Nearly 150 on FB, many, many on RWOL as well. I know FB reminds people, but it's still nice that they took a few seconds to drop me a note. Tyler, Scott and Dad all called, couple of people texted me greetings, and several people said something at the hospital too. | 