Still on the mend; Shifter's 5K

I have been slow to post new items on this blog, because I don't have a lot glowing to report. My hip is still sore. I'm stretching and still taking pain meds. My fitness regime has been limited to spinning classes and cycling. These are much lower impact, but still involve alot of motion through the upper legs and hips. We'll just keep an eye on things and try to get as much rest time as possible.

 

I did spend a couple hours on my feet in running shoes Saturday, but not running. The day was gorgeous for a nice fun run called Shifter's 5k. "Shifter" is the Rich Horgan who wrote the Boston Globe Marathon blog last weekend (http://www.boston.com/sports/marathon/blog/2010/03/long_may_you_run.html) who is also a Dana-Farber board member. One of his main fundraising efforts is organizing this run. The run starts and finishes at the Waverly Oaks Athletic Club in Waltham...well, not the athletic club, but the sports pub inside the athletic club. I guess patron's here maybe guilted somewhat while they swig beer and eat buffalo wings while watching people workout downstairs.

I digress.

I showed up to support Rich, who is a Holy Cross alum, as am I, and lend a hand as best I could without actually running. My post was in the parking lot on the last leg of the course. The parking lot is host to a variety of businesses, Chinese restaurant, liquor store, salon..all open and receiving patrons throughout the race. So for 25 minutes, my job was directing traffic and runners to safely cross paths. I must say that after flagging cars to slow down and move over, or asking people to wait to pull out, almost all were very understanding...especially when I had the opportunity to tell them that just by being patient, they were helping cure cancer!