Mike's Marathon Blog

The big day is 1 week from today. Wow. I cannot believe it! This week is all about resting, eating right and avoiding injuries. I know how to rest and I know exactly what I am eating, but the whole avoiding injuries part is tricky. Trust me, I won’t be skydiving or bungee-jumping this week, but I am not worried about those kind of activities. I am far more nervous about throwing my back out or dropping something heavy on my foot. A woman at our last practice told us about her neighbor, who had been training for Boston, slipped going down the stairs last week and broke her leg. She is having surgery the day after the marathon. Talk about ironic.

One thing I am not worried about is eating properly. I know exactly what I am eating from now until I cross the starting line on Monday. Seriously, I have already planned it out. No dairy, nothing spicy, no new foods, no red meat, no caffeine, etc. OK, I had a coffee this morning. Starting Thursday – no caffeine…….maybe. I have 2 rotisserie chickens in my fridge, 2 loafs of bread, a pound of turkey, bananas, pretzels, saltines and enough Gatorade to take a bath in.

On a side note, the fundraiser was a huge success on Saturday night. The final tally is still not in, but we think we made well over $3,000 for Dana-Farber and Children’s Hospital. The auction items were a huge hit and all the winners went home with some great stuff. Judging by the crowd noise at the bar, it seemed like the drinks were a big hit as well. I had 2 shots of Patrón and I wasn’t even drinking. Not sure how that happened?

Thank you so much to everyone that attended! Thank you also to Mint Bistro for letting us have the fundraiser at their wonderful restaurant and a very, very special thanks to Alyssa and Dave for starting, planning, promoting and running the event.

The money is in, the training is done…….now I just have to run 26.2 miles. No big deal.