Mar. 7 - Rest (and Snow) Day - 26 Miles Sponsored

Yesterday (March 7th) was a good day for a break after my longest stretch of running (10 consecutive days) this year.  I'm hoping to get out today but the weather could be a problem--I just finished shoveling about a foot of snow from my driveway.  It will be interesting to see what the roads are like when the skies clear this afternoon.

Great news on the sponsor front--my brother Jim emailed and said that he will sponsor 26 miles.  Thanks Jim!  Jim also said that he'd like to do a road race with me and sister Beth--now we just need my Dad to lace 'em up so we have the whole Bresnahan team out there.  

A quick note about Jim's role in kicking off my running career--when I was 7 or 8, Jim and brother Pat (God rest his soul) goaded me into running what we believed to be 5 miles.  Much to my parents' chagrin, the course was simply 5 miles worth of laps around our house in Monroe.  Jim measured the distance around house (I believe with a tape measure, but possibly a yardstick) and to my recollection determined that it would take 97 laps to complete 5 miles.  (Jim would later score high 700's on his Math SAT's, so in retrospect we have confidence in his calculations).  Jim and Pat set up a water and nourishment station and recorded my time for each lap (unfortunately the time log is lost in fog of Bresnahan history).  I remember my Mom yelling out the window for me to stop after 50 laps but of course I didn't listen and somehow managed to finish.  I recall thinking how proud my older brothers must be but looking back I'm sure they were high-fiving each other and laughing about how they could get their little brother to do anything!

Thanks again Jim, you have miles 319-344.  I should approach mile 319 by the end of the month.