Boston Marathon

Right now, I’m preparing for Boston 2011. Running the marathon you may ask? No, not this year, but close. I am not going to Boston to run the marathon; but, instead, I am going as a motivational speaker, a yoga teacher and an overzealous mile 21 cheerleader. I am thrilled for this opportunity of a lifetime to speak to these unrelenting road warriors. Boston! What has been dubbed as “the holy grail” and what I am dubbing, as “the superbowl of all marathons” will gift credence to the marriage of yoga and running. Understanding the magnitude of this message, I am fully prepared to deliver LARGE.

How does one prepare to deliver large to such a tenacious audience? What my husband may call “over-preparedness madness,” I just call par for the course. I begin with a fist-pumping “yes” and then shortly thereafter the process unfolds: a run to beckon my right-brained mind, the search to deeply understand my audience, the scribbling of erasable notes, a review of past work, a hunting for new pertinent research, and finally my personal mind lock-down – no music, no noise, no phone, no distractions, no email, nothing but the sweet flow of words on a computer expressing my sentiments about the subject matter at hand. Ahhhhh…I hope this presentation is a winner.

Here is my schedule, while I’m in Boston. If you are in the area, please stop by and say hello.

The sweat is soon to pour in Boston. Be careful as you run or cheer along “Heartbreak Hill.” You will be entering the “splash zone.”

My best to you, Angie