Okay -- it's day two of running. Haven't gone yet but plan to. The challenges will be days 3, 4 and 5! Right now I am at the stage where I feel so good and so thanksful that my body still works the way it is supposed to. Today will probably go well ... and then, if true to form, I'll start developing a wee bit of hubris.

Who'd a thunk? I woke up at about 4:30 this morning to the sound of teeming rain -- and wondered how our young plants are keeping themselves from sliding down the hill. Really. As the light returns, I see that everything looks pretty much intact out there -- albeit waterlogged.

Not so intact are the egos of the Red Sox this morning, I'm thinking, as they blew a 10-1 lead and lost to the Orioles.

With just three weeks remaining in the regular-season, Creighton sits atop the MVC table with 11 points (through seven matches), followed closely by Missouri State (five matches) and Evansville (six matches), with 10 points apiece. Drake has tallied nine points through just four matches, while Eastern Illinois is on the board with six points through five matches.