See you on the other side

I just finished my 20 minute run for the day. Seems a little silly to run for 20 minutes the day before you run 26.2 miles. I imagine it's mostly to keep the runner from going stir crazy. At least it allowed me to try out my clothing choice and see if I'll be warm enough tomorrow. Of course, I have to extrapolate how I'm going to feel after 4 hours instead of 20 minutes but still it's something to work with. I think the weather is going to be almost ideal, really, which is nice. I managed 8:35 splits for this short run. It still surprises me when I see times like that on my pedometer. It seems like just yesterday that a 12-minute mile was a good run for me. I certainly won't maintain that kind of speed for the marathon tomorrow (I only ran 2.5 miles today) but it's still neat knowing the progress that I've made in the past 3 years.

I'm heading into Philly in awhile to go pick up my race bib and wander through all of the cool booths at the runner's expo. I'm staying at a hotel downtown tonight so that I can avoid having to drive in at the crack of dawn tomorrow and deal with parking. I plan to have a nice steak tonight and go to bed early. If anyone wants to track my progress you can do that through the marathon website (http://www.philadelphiamarathon.com/). I will, of course, post results here as well. It would appear that there's nothing left to do but go buy some Gu packets. Thanks for all of the support. I'll see you all on the other side of the finish line.