Over the weekend, the cross country squad and I headed down to New York City to run in the Manhattan Invitational Cross Country Meet. We got into the CM vans and started a very long ride to Stamford, Connecticut, where we would stay for the night. We ate at Buffalo Wild Wings, which was very good. I got the boneless chipotle barbecue wings. We stayed at a Marriott hotel for the night, which was a very nice hotel. The team and I woke up, hopped in the vans, and made our journey to Van Courtland Park in the Bronx where we would run in the invitational. The freshman raced in the mourning, and they all did extremely well. All three of them received medals for top finishes. The varsity team raced later in the afternoon. We all had solid performances, but no medals. We got back into the vans, and headed home. We got back to CM by Saturday night.

On Sunday night, I went over my friend Pat's house to watch the Red Sox game. My boys Jack and Mike were there as well. It was an incredible game, and the Sox won with a David Ortiz grand slam combo'd with a walk off single by Jarrod Saltalamacchia that drove in Johnny Gomes. That game made history.