Wheat Community Sevices
Today was a big day for racing, packing, and charity. This morning the WHEAT people came to our house pick up some furniture we no longer need to use. It is a great charity right here in clinton that will give people who need it food, shelter, funiture, clothing, and what ever is needed to help someone in a crisis get through and onto their feet. A lot of the stuff Christy and I no longer need or use goes to WHEAT. If you feel the need to discard something that is still in good shape consider giving it to WHEAT and you can get a tax deduction for your trouble.
Down in NYC today, Corporal Justin Lutz of the United States Marine Core represented himself, his service, and his country well again toda. He placed 27 out of 80 in the Winter Cross nationals with a great time of 11:43 across the frosty NY landscape of Vancourtland park. Besides representing the Marines he also moonlights with my two running teams, club Reebok Boston, corporate Raytheon, when he is not doing more important stuff in Iraq.
Another congratulatory shout out goes to Blake Russell who beat out Colleen De Reuck in the open women's 8k. Blake used be a resident of Acton, MA and then wisely followed her coach (my previous coach) Bob Sevene out to Monterey Bay, CA to train like a mad women and make National teams and run disturbingly fast 2:29 marathons. I trained about a year with her husband John when they were out here and always root for any of the old Lincoln Crew.
There is something wrong with me. I can't stop watching curling. This is a problem. I don't particulary enjoy it, find it exciting, or think it is challenging, yet day after day I sit to watch these 10 end matches. Every stone, every point. Today the men and women won there matches. Curling is one of the few games in which you can concede a match before it is played out to it's conclusion. Like a mercy rule in Tee-ball or laying down your king in chess.
Training today was pretty low key as I just want fresh legs for USATF New England's tomorrow at Harvard. This morning I did Ranger loop with christy in a relaxed 32:50. This afternoon I repeated the loop and added on a power line loop for 37:00. 8 strides and some drills should do the trick for the race.
For all you Sunday long runners, bundle up. Winter is back.