Today was Marathon Monday in Boston, which meant, at my house at least, all out chaos. I was amazed at what my roommates could put together by 10 AM: pitchers of drinks, a room full of kids cheering on the images of the runners on the tv screen, and music coming out of each room. I can barely brush my teeth by 10 AM these days. These guys are already raging.
Anna and I headed down to Kenmore, where the runners do their last mile, around 11 o'clock to get some breakfast, and watch everyone come in. The first time you witnesses the race it is really amazing: there are people running, walking, wheel-chairing (is that a word?), dressing up in costumes or holding props. Waves and waves of people came in, cheering and high-fiving the crowd. When people slowed down or cramped up, the crowd would scream louder in support, pushing them on to the finish.
There was one runner who had lost his legs, and was running on two metal prosthetic legs. It was quite the site. He even had two guys running at his sides, waving their hands to pump up the crowd as he came by. He got the loudest cheers of anyone. It was quite a sight, and made me sad and happy for him at the same time. I mean, here I am, too lazy to run more than a mile or two, wondering if I could even manage walking a marathon, and this guy is running it on what is essentially two metal rods. It was really a testament to his own strength, and to peoples ability to overcome challenges in general.
After that I headed back to my house and put in some hands. Played the nightly and a couple small buy in tourneys as well. Ran pretty bad in them but I cant complain because I put in another good session and ran well again today at the cash tables. Honestly, a big tourney score would be great, but for now just doing well in the cash games is providing plenty of income. I just check my stats, and I made over $5000 this weekend. You will hear no complaints from me!
Hands played: 935
Amount Won/lost: +$1969
Time played: ~4.25 hours (most of this time was due to playing tourneys)
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