Tomorrow morning I will begin running my first marathon, the Space Coast Marathon. I’ve picked up my packet (I’m runner #4064), I’ve prepared all my stuff, and now it’s the final countdown.
I’ll be going to bed at eight tonight so I can wake up at four tomorrow and drive down to Cocoa. I haven’t run more than 6.5 miles in almost three weeks and it’s had positive health benefits allowing my joints and muscles to heal, but it feels so long that I’ve been getting nervous of losing a step. In exactly twelve hours of my writing this, at 06:30 tomorrow morning, we will be off and I will have seven hours to complete the race, though I expect to finish in around 5:30.
Catch you on the other side!
ren3gade 