Blog fodder

The cruel irony about having plenty to blog about is that it often means there's no time to do the blogging. Marathon training has picked up lately (although you'd never know it from the official finkathon blog, which has suffered the same neglect as this one has), and am still in the throes of getting this new business off the ground. This week's tasks- getting the bank to lend me some money, getting worker's comp insurance and a business license, and figuring out how I'm going to do payroll.

Lots of resources available online for small businesses, and despite never having done this before, I think I'll be able to do most of the management myself. Love to hear any tips you might have, especially things you wish you knew at the beginning.

falling into the season

finally had some fall-like weather around here, with temps barely cracking 60 this weekend. celebrated it appropriately enough by hitting the pumpkin patch today. googs and rachel were up from DC for a visit, so the 7 of us went across town to visit the local agri-tainment farm. a short hay ride, some apple cider, pick-your-own indian corn, and plenty of pumpkins of all varieties.

mentioned the other day that i've got the running bug after watching erin in chicago. to help keep myself honest, i decided to keep a running diary, and what better way to do that than with a blog. i can't promise any scintillating, insightful posts, but if you're interested in following my progress towards chicago 2009, check out the newest flog*, finkathon.

*fink blog, of course.

runner's high

still trying to catch up after spending the past weekend in chicago watching my beloved run her 5th marathon. an awesome, inspiring event. erin and our friend bryan (fellow hoya M'97) ran on sunday, while their respective spouses (myself and bryan's wife cindy) and a gaggle of other hoyas were in attendance to cheer them on. one of them went so far as to run the last 6.2 with erin- thanks, maguire.

the chicago marathon is truly a spectacle. 33,000 people running a viewer-friendly course through a great city. so inspiring, in fact, that i've pledged to run it next year. a while back i ran the san diego marathon and while it was certainly an achievement, the entirety of the event itself coupled with my less-than-kenyan performance made me immediately want to have another crack at a marathon someday. so here i am, 8 years later, finally with enough inspiration to make it happen.

thanks, erin.