It’s 11 days til my half marathon so I logged onto the website and checked out the list of participants and what did I find???

What are the odds that someone from Albany, NY (where I work & near where I live) is running a half in Naples, Florida??

So what did I do?  I googled him, of course.  I found the website where he works and it turns out that he lives in Albany, is originally from LI and is an avid Mets fan.  JUST LIKE ME!!!!!

Cool and the site had a chat room and he was even online at the time!!! We had a great online conversation!!! It is his first half marathon.  Hs wife is going but doesn’t run.  He normally does not run in the winter but thought this would motivate him.  He plans on running a 12 min mile (normally he runs 5ks at a faster pace) and his only goal is to finish!!

Who does that sound like??

 He ran 12 mi on Sun and is now tapering…. We exchanged phone numbers and hopefully we’ll meet up at the race.

Speaking of tapering…I’m giving my aching feet a rest & rethinking the shoes.  I’m playing tennis in the evenings and plan to return to running Wed. Thurs, Fri for short runs and then 8 mi on Sunday.

Happy Running!