... no joke. It is the Tuesday of our 2nd week of craziness. Last week was Brad's first week with students and my first week back at good ol' BU! By the end of the week, both of us were ready to sleep away the weekend. But - one of Boston's premier road races was held on Saturday (www.ollieroadrace.org). It is a 5 mile road race through some of the most unattractive streets of South Boston...but, it attracts lots of the area's best runners. Our women's team ran amazingly well, winning the team event with 8 of our runners rounding out the top 20 women racers. I placed 4th for the team, which I was pretty happy with given the slow journey back into shape. I ran my slowest time EVER at this race, but I placed the highest I have EVER placed (I even won some prize money - enough to cover my registration fee and a Pumpkin Spice latte). I think the 95 degree heat and the lovely smoldering humidity contributed to the slower times. Brad ran well too - he was able to race with some guys he hasn't been fast enough to compete with until now. These pictures show how gross the weather was - Brad looks like he just took a shower and I just look plain awful (photos by Ted Tyler from www.coolrunning.com).
Besides that, all is the same in the world. We've been spending our free time watching The Office: Season 3, which is incredibly more painful than its previous 2 seasons. It is pouring down outside and I'm trying to decide between reading about Qualitative Research or Plato's Republic... I wish Harry Potter was an option...
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