Have to make this one quick...lots to discuss but very little time to do it. Less than two days until the start of my first marathon. Am I ready? I'm not really sure. The past month of training has been really bad. I haven't been able to get the volume and intensity in that I needed to so I'm going into Sunday's start feeling a bit under prepared in all honesty. I'll talk more about the reasons why in my next blog post.
I've always approached Cleveland where my only goal for myself was to finish standing up. I've tried to keep myself pretty level headed in terms of not focusing on time at all. I think this has been a good approach for me because I've not set myself up for failure. I'm going into Sunday feeling relaxed, well rested and in all honesty ready for a pretty fun run. I'm looking forward to the physical and the mental challenge that will come. I'm looking forward to being back into the mix with several thousand other runners who all share the same passion. I'm also hoping that the excitement of the day along with running the whole race with my good buddy Patrick will aid me in at least a few of the miles. The lesson that I've learned through this training process is this; 26.2 miles is a hell of a long way to run. I don't care if you're a sub 3 hour marathoner or a 6 hour marathoner, the effort needed to tackle this monster is almost overwhelming. For all those who have beat me there, I sincerely applaud you. I hope that after Sunday, I can proudly call myself a marathoner and display the 26.2 sticker on the back window of my Subaru.
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