It's Wednesday, November 24th.

Welcome to Michael Cooley.

I'm Chris Hill, just me today, recording a little early because I am actually on the road

to Boston driving this year for Thanksgiving.

In the before times, we would fly and rent a car to get around, but given all the discussions

we've had about the airline industry over the past few months on this show, as well as

the rental car industry, figured we'd just deal with the drive.

So, if you're traveling today, I hope it is going smoothly for all of us.

And regardless of your Thanksgiving travel dates, I hope that's going smooth.

And if you're outside the United States, and it's not your country's tradition to celebrate

Thanksgiving on Thursday with, you know, things like turkey, stuffing, mediocre NFL teams,

playing against each other, I hope you still enjoy a good meal and the company of others.

On Thursday morning, I'm going to be doing a 5K race with a few of my cousins

I'm packing some warm gear because the temperature is going to be in the 30s because it's

Boston in late November.

But this is going to be the last race I do this year.

I do, however, want to tell you about a race I did a few weeks ago because it does relate to stock

investing. I ran a half marathon in Washington, DC. It was on this path that starts in Georgetown

near the University of the same name. And it heads west towards Maryland.

And the path is not paved. It is a dirt path. I've done a bunch of races over the past 5, 10

years on this course. I like them in part because they're just basic. There's water stops along

the way, but that's it. There's no food or music or cheering sections. It's very low frills.

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