Lunchtime treadmill

I haven't been able to fit in any night runs this week. The treadmill was my only hope for a workout today, so I ran about 30 minutes at lunchtime.

It's getting close, so I comfort myself with the thought that at this point, it is better to undertrain, rather than overtrain. I'm not going to significantly affect my fitness level or strength in the next eleven days. Now it's more a matter of mental preparation, everything from planning my goals for the various parts of the race course (folks, this has nothing to do with time, but everything to do with finishing in one piece), to figuring out how I'm going to get to Hopkinton (going on the bus with the Parkway Running Club), to deciding how I'm going to spend the hours hanging around the Athlete's Village waiting for the race to start (besides waiting in line for the portapotties). And, of supreme importance, figuring out what I'm going to wear! I'm thinking a black running skirt; should look nice with my orange liver team singlet.
What do you think? www.skirtsports.com

As the Big Race draws nearer, I find myself thinking with gratitude of all my sponsors, who have lifted my spirits with kind words, and, even more importantly, proven themselves my allies in the war against liver disease. This is one disease where awareness and education are the keys to
creating a world where liver disease, including hepatitis, is rare, easily cured, and where no one needs a liver transplant.

At a reunion of the families who went to China to adopt our daughters, I said to my friend Eileen, mom to the adorable Nora and Helen, "How did we get so lucky to become mothers to the most beautiful girls in all of China?" And now I ask myself, "How did I get so lucky to have such amazing family and friends?" In my entries leading up to the Marathon, I want to thank you all personally, so watch this space!
good night, and be kind to your liver tomorrow!