One Step at a Time

The week has flown by and tomorrow is Thanksgiving and my birthday. I apologize if I gave the impression of things being disastrous in a way that they were not and are not. (I'm guessing I did so based on some of the expressions of concern I've received since then, which I very much appreciate in any case. I do like that people care, but I don't want anyone worrying needlessly.) Holiday plans are proceeding apace and at this point I seem to have sixteen people coming for dinner. Meep! And even more for dessert, to which y'all are still quite welcome. (Let me know if you need details.)

Yesterday I gave blood and this morning I ran four miles. It felt a bit strained but I don't know how much of that was after-effects of donation, how much was starting at 7am (which is too early for that much activity), and how much was the cramps. Grr, argh. Today I will see if I can dig up any potatoes from the garden, get whatever else I need from the last farmers market of the year (boo), and get going with cooking and cleaning.

Tomorrow morning I was thinking I'd run along with the Tri-Gobble for fun, but I'd rather do it with someone. Any of y'all doing this one? Or want to? I'm looking at you, anomie666.

I've never been very good at wishlists (I don't expect gifts from anyone, anyway), but if anyone would like to do something nice for me (and for others, and for yourself via tax deduction), you should know that the reason I've been getting up at ungodly hours to run is that I am training for the 2010 Boston Marathon. Okay, yeah, I said it. The Boston Marathon. I will talk a lot more about it in the coming months. To be honest, you may have to remind me to talk about anything else. By necessity, it does become a bit of an obsession.

As with all runners who don't have a qualifying time (which I obviously couldn't since I've never run a marathon before, and also the qualifying times are much faster than I can possibly run), I need to raise a fair bit of money in order to participate. I am running with the Tufts University President's Marathon Challenge. The money raised by our team will fund important research at the Tufts School of Nutrition and all donations are fully tax deductible.

I've been blogging my training for the past couple of months at my runner page, though I suppose I should mirror that someplace else since there isn't even a way to get an RSS feed as far as I can tell. So there's my bit of self-promotion for the day. I appreciate your support whether it takes the form of donations, equipment loans, training company, words of encouragement, or something else. Extra big thanks to those who have already donated. Feel free to pass along the link to anyone you think might be interested. That link again:

http://run.peace.net
(Which redirects here if that link isn't working for you.)

To everyone I won't see tomorrow, have a great holiday!