Well, here it goes.

It has been a good day today in Chicago. The weather held out nicely and I actually went for a nice run along the lake shore this afternoon and then had dinner with a former co-worker. I'm not sure why, but Chicago in the springtime always seems to improve my mood. God forbid the fact that I have to deal with O'Hare and US Scareways tomorrow!

I'm hoping by tomorrow, there will be a couple pictures for me to post from the Cooper River Bridge 10K from this weekend. I played a short bit of hooky from classes this Saturday and posted a 49:36 time in the race. Good enough for 2637 out of 29,000 runners, but much slower than I had hoped. The sheer volume of people made it hard to pass and the first couple miles were really congested. That said, it was an awesome experience and one I will repeat next year.

The marathon training is going well. I knocked out a 19 miler on Sunday and felt pretty good. If all goes well the pig just might fly in 32 days!

Good news on the school front...this semester is half over and I just might pass health policy after all - go figure? While on campus last week several of the o5 doctoral students were defending, and it was nice to see people finishing the research, and being over-whelmed by the satisfaction of accomplishment.

It seems like a long while off, but we'll get there - One Bite ata Time!