Mood:  bright

A little more than a week to go.  I'm feeling better about finishing this full marathon, with slightly diminished expectations.  I'll be happy with anything between 4:30 and 5 hours.  Is less than 4:30 possible? Maybe, but I'm not counting on it, but this race has brought the best out of me twice before for the half, so who knows.

I first decided I wanted to run a full marathon back in the fall of 1976 when Coach Roy Himrod made us run 10 miles in cross country practice.  But after school I got fat and lazy and didn't run much in my adult line until 2008 and 2009.   2010 was to be my marathon year, but back injury kept me from running it then, so here goes, 35 years in the making.    I suspect if I finish this marathon in my expected range, it may be my only one, I may just return to the half as I love that race.  But I'll wait till a week after this race and make up my mind on what's next.