Happy Birthday Letterman!

From today's Runner's World Article: Happy birthday, David Letterman! Yes, the late-night funnyman/master of irony/former Indiana weather man turns 64 years young today. Which has absolutely nothing to do with running, until you remember that one night back in November 2009, Dave's Top Ten list was titled "Top Ten Thoughts That Go Through Your Mind When Running The New York City Marathon" and was presented by none other than Meb Keflezighi, who had just won the racein question. For my money, it's one of the funniest Top Ten lists in recent memory, not least because of Meb's obvious delight and endearingly awkward delivery. Here it is: In honor of Mr. Letterman and his crack team of writers — and with the Boston Marathon nearly upon us — I thought it'd be fun to brainstorm our own list, titled "Top Ten Thoughts That Go Through Your Mind When Running the Boston Marathon." I'll start: 10. "Huh. There must be something very interesting behind those trees, because some guys interrupted their race to go stare at it." Your turn… PRINT|E-MAIL|RSSSHARE

Personal Best at the "Golden Mile"

As the supportive wife of a Boston College Eagle, I participated in the MBA 5K this past weekend.  Proceeds from the race benefited The Doug Flutie Foundation for Autism .  Before the race, I had obviously heard of Doug Flutie from his football connection to BC and Massachusetts, but never put a face to the name.   If you can relate, this is what he looks like (circa 1998):

On Saturday, I had a long stare (2.5 miles worth) at Doug’s backside profile.  I kept at his heels for most of the race, and then at the hill just past the reservoir, I swept past him.  I couldn’t help but think how great it felt passing the famous QB on that challenging hill and beating him in a road race. Yes, this was a “fun run” for CHARITY, but it would give me something to talk about in my blog this week-Selfish?!  Well, a few hundred feet from the finish line, he sprinted past me—I am still coughing up the dust he left behind…

SO, the only thing I can gloat about is my Personal Best 5K time (26:00.1).

The race took place at Chestnut Hill-right at mile 21 of my upcoming race-also known as The Golden Mile.  Recent news has me looking forward to this stage in the race on Monday- Click this link from the Boston Globe Looking forward to seeing positive results for the “Mile 21 Campaign” (wink wink)!  Good luck Eagles!

#24819

Don't worry, this won't be a post about the 24,819 reasons why I am decided to run another marathon...






#24819 will be my identity on April 18th and incase you blink or loose me in the crowd of 27,000 singlet wearing/gatorade drinking/rather be sleeping/maybe even working/tired of training runners, you can always track this way:

***in your "TO" field enter 345678 and in your "MESSAGE" section enter RUNNER--then directions will follow in which you will need my bib number #24819***


For those of you that "DON'T DO TEXTING" (JP!!), you have other ways to receive alerts (the following is brought to you by www.baa.org--I will take credit for the CTRL C-CTRL V command techniques):

• EMAIL - Continue to the registration page for the AT&T Athlete Alert on the race website. Sign-up using your mobile phone number for SMS text message updates, or by entering an email address for email updates. Click here to sign up now.
  
• ONSITE - If you prefer to register in person or have any questions, representatives will be available in the Bib Number Pick-Up area at the John Hancock Sports & Fitness Expo on Friday, April 15, from 2:00pm-7:00pm, and on Saturday and Sunday, April 16 and 17, from 9:00am-6:00pm.

If you register a mobile phone online, you will receive a message asking you to confirm your intention to receive updates from the 2011 Boston Marathon AT&T Athlete Alert. Once you’ve completed registration for AT&T Athlete Alert, you will receive text updates courtesy of AT&T and the Boston Marathon when your runner has crossed the following points on the course:

10K
Half-Marathon
30K
Finish

Registration through the BAA website will close on race day, April 18th, at 6:00am. However, AT&T is pleased to announce that registration via mobile phone text messaging (for US mobile phones only) will remain open during the marathon.

Two (Kenyan Speed-like) Course Videos

The "LONGER" version of 26.2 miles to Boston (shown in 8 minutes!)




The "SHORTER" version of 26.2 miles to Boston (in under 6 minutes)

Training Time has FADED into Taper TIme

With only 11 days  until
the 2011 race, the 2010 Finish
Line at Copley Square fades fast...

EMAIL I SENT OUT EARLIER THIS WEEK:

Life just won't slow down, will it?  I am having a hard time coming up with something creative for my blog and the time to do it, but there are only so many hours in the day.  However, I easily came up with a list (or three) of the things I can't WAIT to do once the marathon is over! 

I did want to send out an email to my biggest supporters after receiving an email from the Boston Athletic Association titled:

Two weeks to go: Bib Number Pick-up, Wave & Corral Assignments, Getting to Hopkinton, and more...

I stopped in my tracks when I just saw this.  Really??  ONLY TWO MORE WEEKS?  14 Days??  Today marked my 5 year anniversary with my employer, Professional Alternative.   If the next two weeks go by as fast as the 5 years with Profalt have...then OH BOY I better get on the fundraising!! 

Training update:

Convenient for myself--we are in the TAPER phase of training!  This means reducing weekly and long runs to fully recover and allow my body to rest for the 26.2 miles.   Because of my recent injury, the timing worked out well!  For WHATEVER reason, I have developed an "inflamed" tendon on my left foot!  I have been checked by the doctor, trainers, coaches, etc. and if you check the history of my computer-you can see I have also done alot of GOOGLE research on how to make it better.  Once we collaboratively find a solution beyond RICE (rest, ice, compression, elevation) and NSAIDs, I will be sure to share!  In the meantime, I am taking it one day at a time!

I will do my best to get to work on my blog!  Volunteers are welcome to help me out here!!

The DAY OF events are still being finalized, but it will end with an open food and drink invitation (hopefully on our roofdeck) for anyone coming to town! 

Thank you again for all of your continued support to an amazing organization!!!  Please feel free to pass on my fundraising link to anyone interested in supporting the future of Mass Eye and Ear!

www.firstgiving.com/elizabethnuzzo

I will be in touch soon!

xoxo,

Liz