President’s Message – February 1992
Lo-Weather = High Mileage Season

Many thanks to Wayne Buckley for filling in for me at the January meeting; I understand everything ran much more smoothly without me. Wayne left a message that anyone wishing to sign the recall petition should contact him - whatever that means. Our esteemed VP has been getting some well deserved R and R in Bermuda since then, When next we see him, he’ll probably have a disgusting tan, mirrored sunglasses, a wardrobe by the Banana Republic, and an irritating habit of opening conversations with, “ Hey Mon.…” Just try to ignore it. 

It is the curse of the Boston Marathon that we must undertake our most strenuous training during the rottenest weather of the year. This thought occurred to me, yet again, while some of us were schlepping through a long run during the recent bitter arctic cold spell. Nonetheless, if Boston is your goal, you should be well into the high mileage build-up phase by now. 

If you are looking for other masochists to train with, I highly recommend the Sunday morning group that usually runs from Brophy School in Framingham. They are a large, congenial group who run a variety of routes, which, thanks to John and Charlotte Shane, are always well stocked with water. On occasion, they start from somewhere other than Brophy, so it is always wise to call Barry Ostrow (620-1007) or John Shane (653-0465) beforehand. 

If you are an official marathon entrant, one of those fast enough to pay $42 to run ($30 BAA, $12 TAC), be sure to enter the GFTC TAC club number, 018, on your applications. If you haven’t yet qualified, then keep trying. If President Bush can eat sushi till he pukes, while being made a fool of by the Japanese, then you ought to be willing to run fartleks to the same end, so that you may experience extortion by the BAA. 

Art