One Hand Countdown

Seriously, I mean SERIOUSLY? Five days to go until the Boston Marathon?! Hopefully now with two runs remaining (having run my three miles already tonight) I've done all I can do to run my best race. The road to the starting line in Hopkinton has undoubtedly been a constant journey of ups and downs with motivation but now that the sound of the gun is in hearing distance, I'm thrilled I pushed through when I didn't want to and thrived when I was optimistic.

My last long run went well. I ran the eight miles with my sister. We maintained a good pace and faced a lot of hills (contrary to what my sister told me before we started). (HI KATE!) This week is, of course, very easy so I can be completely rested before the race. Usually where I'd alter my training program during the week I feel like I can't do a lot of that the week of the race. I'm sure I could but my nerves really kick it in a higher gear and I turn into a slave to my schedule. I ran four yesterday and three tonight. Tomorrow I'll do another three with my sister and then two miles on Friday. That will give me two full rest days before race day.

Chris and I fly out to Boston Saturday morning to get in around 10am. It'll be nice to have a couple days to enjoy the city and do some touristy things, and maybe ever catch a Red Sox game. No, no ... not to watch them win - to check out the stadium and see them lose. (Go Yankees!) We have dinner reservations on Sunday for some good Italian in Boston's North End. The weather outlook for the weekend is pretty good; it's no Raleigh sunshine but it's better than wind or rain (knock on wood). Race day is looking to be in the 50s and mostly sunny. Most would say that's perfect running weather.