Off the Record, At the Crossroads

As USATF Chief Public Affairs Officer Jill Geer prepares to run her first marathon, she contemplates how she will fare after two months of constant injury, several weeks of missed training and a race-week illness. Drawing inspiration from Robert Johnson (the musician, not the website guy), 240-pound men, currywurst, Yoko Ono, Ted Kennedy and her dad, Geer takes a hard look at the long, 26.2-mile road ahead. To read her Off the Record blog, visit http://www.usatf.org/about/leadership/offtherecordblog/