St. Patrick's Eve...

I'm sitting here tonight contemplating the week that just passed.  Talk about highs and lows.  Monday, I ran a personal best distance of 17 miles (well at least since my return to running).  As a reward, Bren & I went to Hooters for dinner.  My stomach was a little upset, and I was barely able to eat four wings.  Then that night, I was hit with the stomach bug that's going around.   Boy did that suck! 

I spent literally half of the day on Tuesday sleeping it off, and by about 6:00 at night, I was feeling better.  I guess it truely was a 24-hour bug.  With "respect" to the bug, I didn't run on Wednesday as I had originally planned.

There was no was that I couldn't run until Saturday's race, so Thursday it was an easy 3-mile run just to stretch the legs.

That brings us to tonight, the Eve of the Holyoke St. Patrick's Day Road Race.  This is a MAJOR event in western Massachusetts, and now in it's 37th year averages about 5000-5500 runners a year.  Tonight was the race bib & t-shirt pick-up.  The organizing committee was trying something new this year, and creating a more party like atmosphere.  Live bands for free, and beer for a fee!  Joining in with five others from work, we all had a wee pint or two...

Here's to a great race tommorrow.  And as the blessing goes... "May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind always be at your back..."