Red and Andy

Tomorrow is the Philadelphia Marathon, and I believe I’m ready for it. I’m still nervous, but confident I can do this.
I’m off to the Rossi house tonight for a carb-loading dinner with my family. We’ll be joined by the Haney’s and Krassan’s for good food, joking and last minute tactics.
At the beginning of my training I quoted Red from The Shawshank Redemption. At the end, I’d like to paraphrase from Andy and Red:
Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. I hope I can run with my friends for 26.2 miles tomorrow. I hope to see my family at the finish line, hear their cheering and feel their warm embrace. I hope I can call my Father and tell him his son is a marathoner. I hope….