Back to Cleveland, Ohio – home of the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. The Cleveland Marathon, in it’s 32nd year is one of the 50 oldest marathons in the country. It’s a great weekend of events complete with a huge half marathon and 10K and a ton of race-realted activities to do before race day. I was one of four guest speakers  including Doug Kurtis, Anne Audain and Bill Rodgers. Two nights before the race I spoke to the Medina County Road Runners (see photo of me w/Charles Elkins) and was introduced to a young high school kid named Patrick. Patrick reminds me of myself or myself had I been a runner in high school. His h.s. coach told him he could not run a marathon. Patrick said fine and instead he ran a 50K and later went onto run a 60K which he won outright. He’s been training with U.S. national 24-hour champ, ultrarunner Mark Godale. I’m impressed.