It's Almost Go Time..

Well, the clock is ticking and in less than 3 days I'll be running my second marathon. I will run my last 3 miler tomorrow morning. Then all that has to happen between now & Sunday is a pasta dinner (which I am hosting).

I have to admit that I've had a lot of negative thinking since my last long run of 22 miles. I really struggled that day..I was supposed to run 26, but had to quit at 22. Since then, I've had my doubts about whether or not I can cover 26.2 miles.
I was thinking back to the day six months ago when I signed up for this race. I remember filling out the application and standing there trying to decide if I should run the half or the full. Part of me really wanted to do the half, but the other part of me wanted to see how much I could improve my time the second time around in the full. So, I reluctantly signed up for the full.

It has been a long summer of training...I spent a lot of time running by myself which I believe was was probably for the best. That time alone was healing in many ways. It gave me a chance to clear my head and get my priorities straight. I've said before that I have my best talks with God when I'm out on the road. There is so much that happens (or can happen) between the time you sign up for a race and the actual race day. When I think back over these last 6 months all I can say is "wow." And, strangely, none of it really has to do with running..

So, here I am. The race is Sunday and I'm FINALLY starting to get excited. I have no idea what is going to happen..I would love to break 5 hours, but I might die trying to do it. I'm not sure that is even a realistic goal for me. I think 5:15 would be a better goal. That would be shaving 10 minutes off my first marathon. I know should be happy with that..but I really want to break 5 hours. If I could do that, I would probably be finished with marathons. I guess it's all going to come down to how I feel on race day. Either I'll have it or I won't. Hopefully, I WILL!

I may be able to post one more time before Sunday..if not, my next post will be my race report..see you on the other side of 26.2 :)