Yup, not only did I manage to get through the US Air Force Marathon, the Army 10-Miler, the Chicago Marathon, the Marine Corps. Marathon, and a local 5.2 miler in the span of just over 5 weeks, I set new personal best times in the 5.2 mile, 10 mile, and 26.2 mile distances at each of the races where I ran my own pace.

So now what?  Well for one thing, I have been busy trying to catch up on all of the household/familial responsibilities that had been piling up while I was away just about every weekend (including attending my wife's operas as the official videographer last weekend in Hingham and Duxbury, MA and this weekend in Lansdale, PA).  Next weekend I will be hosting a group run / breakfast clinic out of Karma Yoga Studio in Harvard Square.  Feel free to join me if you are available; we will be starting the 4-5 mile run at 8:30am and enjoying free Bear Naked granola with yogurt and fruit after we finish.

But this is all just filling time until Nov 20 when I will be heading down to Maryland (with a detour to hopefully visit with my mother for her birthday) for the JFK 50 Mile Memorial, my first official ultramarathon race on Nov 22.  Wish me luck on this stepping stone to next summer's Vermont 100 Miler.

I know, I know, I should devote as much time and attention to my garden or maybe organizing my photos into albums or finishing that letter to my brother or any of those other "important" things in life instead of running through the woods for 10-30 hours.  But none of those things give you a spiffy medal like this one when you finish: