Report Card Time

Whew! My manager has been riding with me the last 2 days and I gladly sent him back to Birmingham today. I was a district manager for 6 years and grew tired of all the travel and "policing", so I took a rep position here a couple of years ago. I must admit it is more fun to be in the manager seat on these ride-a-longs than in the rep seat. They go into calls with you and listen to your presentation to each physician and critique you to death in the car afterwards. BUT, only 1 year 9 mos left before I retire from J&J...woo-hoo! There is a hiring freeze throughout this huge company sales force so that means there will be lay-offs again usually around Christmas time...has happened last 3 years after a implementing a hiring freeze. I have always escaped but I have this feeling that my division will be hit hard this time around. We have 2 drugs going off patent next year. I won't be heartbroken if it happens...I'll take the severance package and then figure out what I want to do next...running another marathon probably won't be in the mix. Now, don't get me wrong, this has been awesome so far and will only get better when we get to Chicago. BUT, I look forward to entering 5k's, 10k's, etc. and not spending so much of my Saturdays on pavement. Speaking of pavement, I have not been on any since Saturday at least in a walking or wogging mode. Tonight I spent 40 min. on the elliptical for XT. Tomorrow morning I will get 30 min. of wogging in before work . Since I will be out of town over the weekend I plan to meet up with Ann to do the 8 miles on Friday morning bright and early. My training schedule is all mixed up this week but managers do that to you! I had a good report card which translates into a base salary raise---I HOPE!