Minneapolis Half-Marathon

I participated in my first-ever half-marathon this weekend and had a blast. Special thanks to Team Ortho for putting on a first rate event that was great for the runners as well as the spectators. I don't think I could have asked for a more perfect way to kick off my long-distance running. The weather was perfect and being there with all these other runners was so inspiring!

Elephants in NYC

A great tidbit from Pace working for WieseLaw in NYC:

M and I just got back from seeing a herd of elephants walking through the streets of Manhattan. When the Ringling Brothers Circus comes to NYC each year, the train carrying the elephants is too big to come through any of the tunnels into Manhattan, so it stops right outside (in Queens) and the elephants walk through the Queens-Midtown Tunnel and then up 34th Street to Madison Square Garden. It happens between about midnight and 1:00a.m., and not many people know about it, so it's not a crowded scene, which makes it particularly enjoyable. The elephants are so cute, each holding in its trunk the tail of the next one. It was a magical scene!