Celebrities

On Saturday night, Boston will host a very high-end elite track at my training center called the Boston Indoor Games. The link is bostonindoorgames.com. Anyway, since there is a collegiate tonight (Friday), many of the athletes appeared last night to get a look at the track before their races. Most notably, the Ethiopian contingent, featuring Tirunesh Dibaba and Meseret Defar (the top female 3K-5K women in the world) jogged around and did some striders. Their effortless strides made me nauseous. Additionally, John Godina, a many time Olympic medalist in the shotput, threw the shot around and gave a few pointers to the collegiates who were practicing at the same time (including a few members of our club). Due to a scheduling conflict, I'm going to miss the meet, and will have to catch it on the teevee the next day. My old teammate and acquaintance, Sam Burley, will be competing in the 800m. To use the old cheer, Go Sam Go.