Attaboy!

I just finished watching a baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and Los Angels Angels (of Anaheim). I love the Red Sox day games as it starts at 6 p.m. here in UK (so practically a night game for me, except, er, it is a daytime in Boston). This was actually a makeup game from 15 April, which was rained out. I was there! It was a day before the Boston marathon, and I had a ticket to go to the Fenway Park. Moreover, there were supposed to be marathon-related ceremonies (as they always do on marathon Sundays). I was told the ceremonial first pitch would be thrown by a famous Japanese marathon runner Toshihiko Seko - I grew up watching him! Alas it all came to naught as there was torrential rain from the start of that day. It was actually coming from the big storm, which continued right up to the start of the Boston marathon next day.

Back to the baseball game, this game marked a major league debut for the Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz. He threw solid six innings (4 runs, 3 earned, 8 hits, 3 walks and 5 strikeouts). It was a very impressive performance against the strong Angels line-up. And he got the first major-league win - congratulations, Clay!

Today: 7 miles
Weekly mileage: 66 miles