I arrived at Back Bay Station in Boston around 8a this morning and walked over to the Copley T-stop to ride one stop to Hynes where I walked to Schmeck's place right next to the Christian Science Church. After I got my bearings, we hit the streets amidst a steady snowfall. And because it was snowing, there was only one place to go! Bunker Hill. We ran a mix of the usual Bunker Hill loops and the Orange Line run.

It worked out to be eight miles and I felt awesome the whole way. Mainly we just chatted it up and the miles rolled on by. It's great to be back running in Boston. I miss it so much.

After a quick shower and shave, I headed South to Providence to catch the collegiate Men's races and whatever races that were going on when I got there. Unfortunately, the conditions continued to worsen the further South I went on I-95 and by the time I made it to Providence, it was a full on blizzard. Cars were backed up all over Providence and I couldn't go anywhere. I never made it to the racecourse. Instead, I called my Dad on the cell and had him Google Map me to Downtown and the Providence Place mall where I sought shelter in the parking deck. I had some lunch before making my way over to the Biltmore Hotel to see if I could get some information about what was going on.

I picked up my credentials and then walked around P-town a bit until the media event started at 7:30p. It's was a pretty cool event upstairs at 3 Steeple Street, a restaurant and bar not too far from Kennedy Plaza. It was co-sponsored by Harpoon, so there was free beer to go with the eats. It was great to see that most all of the top contenders had turned out on both the women's and men's sides. In attendance were: Ann Knapp, Barbara Howe, Georgia Gould, Tim Johnson, Barry Wicks, Ryan Trebon, Todd Wells, and Chris Horner.

I was able to catch most all of the interviews with my iPod. Should make for some interesting listening as they all try to handicap the coming days races. After the event was finished, I had the great pleasure of driving back to Boston and shoveling out a space to park before finally hitting the sack around 1a. Not too bad for a long day. Tomorrow should be exciting. Seeing all the "stars" out brought back some of the enthusiasm that the snow had muffled.