Remembering What's Important In Life

We are now in October, and the time has come to face what is really important in life...post-season baseball! However, 2007 brings in a whole new class of people to pump up the TV ratings for the next 3 weeks. Yes, the "loveable losers" - the diehard Cub fans (of which, I am a proud one) will be glued to our TVs for the next three weeks (no, not one - we are in this for the long haul).

So what does this have to do with running? Have faith, friends. Cub fans have been on an amazing streak. There are certain runners, called "streakers", who make it a point to run each and every day. For years - rain or shine. The Cubs are "streakers". We (notice that I am in it with them - as in "we are one") have been on an incredible run (good choice of words, right?). For the past 99 years, rain or shine, WE have not won a World Series. We haven't played in a World Series since 1945. Another incredible streak. We've only been in the post-season 5 times in my lifetime ('84, '89, '98, '03, '07). Yet Cub fans - my brothers and sisters in hope - will run to get the newspaper every day, run to turn on Sports Center, or run to the local bar - all in the hopes of catching news of a Cubs victory. We will go that extra mile for our team!

Well run no more. This year, we will be crowned the champs and put our misery behind us. The curse of the Billy Goat will be no more. The memories of the ball going through Leon Durham legs in 1984 will be a distant memory. And Steve Bartman, in hiding since 2003 - can come out now and ride in the front car of the parade through downtown Chicago. He will be forgiven. The Cubs are going to run over and through their competition this post-season. And the excitement begins tonight at 10:00 EST - that is a whole different beef for me...

Our time has come Cubs nation!

Oh, by the way - I ran 7 miles this morning. You just had to trust me to bring it all together!