This has nothing to do with the oboe, but is a goal I set for myself roughly 12 years ago when I started running and found out about this event, which happens on the Saturday before Thanksgiving every year. Because I am a nerd, I figured out that this would be happening literally ON my 50th birthday. So it’s been kicking around in the back of my head ever since.

I haven’t been consistent with my training for that entire 12 years…but I am devoting a good bit of time to training and resting intelligently for the next 6 months (as of the writing of this blurb). I’m also trying to have fun with this! (So far, so good.)

So if my oboe reed wait times are a little long…it’s because I am out running, or eating, or I have fallen asleep.