Yesterday morning, we held a Power Breakfast at AJ Maxwell's in NYC. A capacity crowd of over 200 people showed up to hear Matt Long, author of "The Long Run," tell his amazing story.
As Matt says, he is not a hero, he just got run over by a bus. Not "hit" by a bus, RUN OVER by a very large 20 ton bus at the height of the illegal transit strike...
My son Chris ran 175 miles for "Miles for Moms" in October. Chris is a sophomore at Dartmouth. One day, just like Forrest Gump, he just started running. He ran 15 miles to see his friends in New Canaan and then he ran all the way back home. Chris is a very fine squash player and for that reason, is no stranger to training hard. But he was new to running.
So...
