We did it! I'm now more than halfway to my fundraising goal--thanks so much! If you're thinking of giving, please don't wait--the sooner the money is raised, the sooner it can be used.
My week of running so far: Monday after work I ran my normal 5k loop (up Willow to the bike path to Davis, up Holland to Teele Sq., down Broadway over the overpass to Cedar St, then back to the bike path). It felt great, but then Tuesday I was absolutely exhausted. I have to work on that. Last night was the Halloween 5k--we met by the Hatch Shell on the river at 6:30, and it was dark and freezing. About 30 seconds after we started, I got a huge charleyhorse in my calf (the same one that was strained, but I'd never felt that before). Fortunately I was able to stretch it out and it was fine. Our route took us past MGH, around the Common and Public Garden, all the way down Beacon to Fairfield and then over to Newbury, where we had pizza and a costume contest.
Here's where things got disappointing: Phil and I had the best of all possible costumes (highest concept, lowest effort), but nobody seemed to appreciate it! Judge for yourselves (please ignore the ridiculous face I'm making, I don't know what that's about):
We're a paradox (get it? A pair of docs?) I thought it was awesome, but not such rave reviews from the crowd--we mostly heard "Oh, you're Dr. Phil!...who's Dr. Shari??)
Anyway. I'm going to my last practice at MIT tomorrow--kickoff for the Boston marathon team is next week in Wellesley, and I have to say goodbye to the team and coaches I've been running with all summer.
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