a 4:41 in Boston.

Cheryl Monnat and Chris Wodke

It was a good day for the Team, Cheryl took 4th for her age group for the race and won her age group for the series. On a day when I took it easy, I placed 9th. Lincoln took 4th in his age group.

Racing is fun and makes all the hard workouts worthwhile. I went home, took a nap and ran 11 more later in the day. The knee is still hurting, but so far I am getting through the workouts.

Up this week is an interview with Tom Held of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. I have felt like I have really arrived as a runner.

This is my toughest week and my last week of long runs. This will be the secondafter that gym class activity.

As if that trauma wasn't enough there was the game "Run for Your Life". I think it was the particular invention of Mr. Oyler. I loved and feared him. I liked him so much I had him for 4th, 6th and 7th grade. In my kid memories he was huge. Red hair, red beard, and a big stocky guy who look like he played foot ball in college. He had a yard stick wrapped in blue tape he used to wield discipline. He once cracked that stick on his glass desk top and shattered it. He thought nothing about grabbing a kid out of line, lifting him off the ground, putting him at eye level, and loudly ask them "What are you doing". This