Sunnyvale to Boston!

My coworkers surprised me and another marathoner office-mate with good luck goodie bags and Boston Creme pies!  Which apparently are hard to find in Sunnyvale and required multiple phone calls to bakeries.  Thank so much for all your efforts WLG SV!  I was VERY surprised.  In my career experience, short-notice all-company meetings mean BAD NEWS.  Like "our start-up has run out of money and you're all out of a job" type bad news.  I walked into our conference room expecting the worst and found pie!

Apparently Boston Baked Beans are also available in CA.

I've never felt less prepared for a big race, but at least I'll be well fueled!  

A thoughtful and timely comment on Monday's post reminded me that this race, and this blog, are not all about me.  They're just opportunities to do something positive for my family and the FARA community.  And I'm more than happy with the progress I've made there.

Early spectating practice in Carmel

And I don't have to worry about the marathon until Monday!  Right now I'm just looking forward to reuniting with CMT.  She's spent her whole life watching me both succeed and fail, and probably doesn't much care how fast I run.  Unless it's raining and she's stuck waiting at the finish line.  I don't mind if you wait at Dunkin' Donuts!

Maybe Monday will go more like this!

And now it's SFO to BOS!  See you on the flip side, blog readers.