Madison Marathon

Yesterday (Monday) was a pretty packed day.  Not only was it my first day at my new job, but my nephew Buddie Powell had a band concert, and I was supposed to be running 15 miles as part of my marathon training.

I tried my best to make all of that happen, but Buddie's concert and my new job were first on my list of priorities, so I was sure to make it to those.  The training didn't go very well- I had a nagging injury that was bothering me enough that I was very aware of it.  A tendon on the top of my left foot seemed to be irritated by the tongue of my shoe, and although I was able to run about 10 miles, that was my limit and I decided that I probably need more rest to help that injury heal.

The concert was really good for a high school band.  The freshmen band was not so great, but luckily, they only played a couple of songs and then the upper classmen took over.

Today I got the first portion of an overview of the InformaCast suite, a very neat and functional piece of software.  Another neat thing that happened today was that I got a call from Ken Bywaters, my company's Executive VP of Product Development.  We discussed the campus and culture of Texas A&M at some length, he introduced himself and welcomed me to Singlewire.  It was really a nice gesture- one of many ways my new co-workers have made me feel welcome.