Awoken By Grief, Our Spirits Speak

Its been a bit of a crazy last week for me. A week ago the OFOMOL and I headed up to Canada to enjoy the alloted time for spring break and get out of the EL for awhile. It was a very nice time and we both enjoyed it immensely. During our time away, my paternal grandmother passed away. So after returning to the EL, I rested a night and then drove back to C-town to pay my respects.

I guess I was being a bit prophetic when I discussed my aversion to funerals a couple months back. My grandmother was 88 and lived a healthy and fulfilling life -- 6 kids, 17 grandchildren, and 6? great-grandchildren. I don't ever recall her being sick or in the hospital -- I must get my immune system from her. I know I'll be more then happy to make it to 88 without a serious illness. She was quite an opinionated woman -- this got a chuckle out of the family when the priest was giving his eulogy. We will all miss her and she will be in our hearts.

March Madness is almost upon us -- it starts promptly tomorrow a bit after noon. Got your brackets filled out? I really don't know if the OFOMOL understands the extent of MM. She already complains that I watch too much sports...can she really figure out the complexity and excitement that is March Madness? To throw a wrench into my tv-viewing....MSU plays at 7:10 on friday night...friday is also St. Patrick's Day, but it is also her birthday. I'm sure I'll screw up in some fashion. I have been fiddling with my brackets and I'm in a very nicely organized group of CWRU swimming peeps. Right now we've got around 25 people, so it'll be fun. For those of you participating and who read this, I'll try to document results and progress.

33 days out: monday I did 17 miles with 14 @ marathon pace. Those 14 miles felt very solid and put me right on a 2:52 finish time. Could I go sub-2:50? That would just be bad-ass.