Ready for the Dipsea

Yesterday, I was featured in an article in the Marin (CA) Independent Journal about people who run a local foot race as a memorial to loved ones. In my case, I ran last year in memory of someone I had never met...a woman named Summer Skye who had survived a brain tumor to run races and raise money for the National Brain Tumor Foundation.

Despite a maddeningly persistent muscle pull, I will be at the starting gate on Mill Valley's Throckmorton Street this Sunday as 1500 of us head out (in a staggered, handicapped start) for the town of Stinson Beach, 7 miles and several long climbs away. Next week: the race. Will I finish? How many people will ask me about the shirt?