And today...the 119th running of the Boston Marathon was as inspiring as ever. 

We got out early and were glued to Flotrack Twitter feed all morning.  We watched as updates of race after race and wave after wave started.  We squealed as American's Desi Linden and Dathan Ritzenheim held the lead for a time!  And, we howled as the women's lead pack passed and Meb threw fist pumps our way.  

How can you not love the Boston Marathon! 


I'm thankful that the rain was the only drama today. The rain started to come down steadily as you can see in the last few pictures and sent us home earlier than normal. It was a great day to race; cool and overcast. We saw a good battle with Caroline Rotich of Kenya winning the Women's race and Lelisa Desisa winning the Men's. The top American Women finishers were: Desi Linden, 4th, Shalane Flanagan, 8th, and Adriana Nelson, 13th. Top American Men: Dathan Ritzenheim, 7th, Meb keflezighi, 8th, and Matt Tegenkamp, 11th.  

I'm so proud of all the runners who came out, struggled and finished the marathon today. You are all such an inspiration to me. God bless you all.  

Boston Marathon Weekend 2015!

I was definitely a marathon groupie all weekend long. It started Friday night with a visit to the Expo and Meb Keflezighi's talk on his recently released book, Meb for Mortals. Saturday opened with another visit to Old South Church for Chris MacDougall's talk on his new book, Natural Born Heroes and ended with a second trip to the Expo and site seeing on Boylston street. I love marathon weekend especially when the weather is so nice out. The city is filled with such happy, fit people!

Below are a few of the pictures from the weekend.

Tonight at run club we paid tribute to those injured in the events at the 2013 Boston Marathon.  We started out with our usual 5k fun run and ended with a candle light vigil and moment of silence for those injured and lost.

It was simple and meaningful.  Being a runner in Boston it is especially meaningful this week as we look forward to this year's marathon.  The memories from 2 years ago have touch us all in some way.  I was glad to be a part of this small beautiful tribute. 

We Run Together.  Boston Strong.

I unintentionally turned last week into a sort of rest week.  

The original plan was to make it a cut back week and run about 7 miles or so.  With all the activity and sleeping in (shh) I only managed to complete 2 runs of 2 miles each.  No matter... I will make it up this week.

Holy Week is the time of the year we Christians remember Jesus' death on the cross and resurrection to glory.  It is marked by services of remembrance and joyful gatherings of family and food!