Long meeting, Troy’s in town, Boston ballsitics

Last night we had a hellishly long board meeting for the running club.  It went almost two and a half hours.  For whatever reason there seemed to be a number of topics that involved a lot of talking, some of it a little more than needed.  By the time I got out of there I was mentally numb.

When I got home I was pleased to find that Nicki was able to hold it for the 4 hours I was gone.  I had a number of things to do, despite the hour getting late.  I didn’t get to bed until after 11, yawn.

So my buddy Troy comes to town this weekend.  I haven’t seen him for quite awhile, I believe the last time was 2 years ago (or was it 3) when I went to a Ravens game with him?  I have known him for over 20 years.  In some ways Troy has a personality similar to my dad, very sarcastic with a good dose of smart ass.  We have had some pretty memorable adventures over the years.  I am hoping to create some more memories over the 3-4 days he is here.

So the news is filled with the live pursuit of the Boston bombing suspects.  Supposedly one was already shot and killed and it sounds like they are hot on the trail of suspect number two.   The description of events sounds like something out of movie, high speed chase, robbery, bombs and tragically law enforcement killed/injured.

I found some of the information about the pursuit odd.  For instance, if you just planted bombs at the Boston Marathon, logic would dictate that you are going to lay as low as possible for as long as possible.  But these guys supposedly went out and robbed a 7-11, leading to the chase??   That is a real head scratcher.

This morning someone sent me a link that I found very interesting/disturbing.  The article refers to a private military operative group named “The Craft” that evidently had a substantial presence at the finish line.  As you read through the article you will find many things that seem very, very strange.  Including the fact that almost all of them were wearing large black backpacks.  More smoke billows out when you read that info about The Craft being there and pictures of their group essentially being erased from media coverage of the bombing.

There is one particularly interesting picture where one of the group clearly has a backpack on and then later is shown running without one.

What exactly does this all mean?  I can’t really tell you.  I can tell you that I have never heard of a marathon hiring a private military group to man the finish line and that it is highly unlikely they would do so.    Read the article and draw your own conclusions.