Today is National Wear Red Day to promote women's heart disease awareness. I'd be lying if I said that was why I ran today since I didn't even remember until I was watching The View (which would be the first episode of the The View I have ever seen -- wasn't so bad).
This weekend you should call your mothers, sisters, aunts, and grandmothers and (gently) harass them about their heart health. Heart disease is the number one cause of death among women and many of the risk factors are modifiable.
Pretty good I'd say. While I still have too many pants that don't fit, I can run 6 miles.
I had this crazy thought while I was in the shower about running a marathon. Summer 1998 I spent at MIT without Ben (the last summer we were apart, I think) and I was studying to take the MCAT. I started "working out" that summer. I couldn't do much but I had lots of time on my hands. At that point I had this crazy plan that either I would get in to medical school or run a marathon. I have no idea why they were mutually exclusive. Hmmm.....maybe run finish a marathon before finishing surgical residency? That's a lot less crazy than, say, having a baby during surgical residency.