16 Days And Counting

So I'm about an hour away from taking off on my last 13.1 mile Friday run before my upcoming marathon.  It'll be a longer run, although not very fast, and I probably won't push myself a lot today.  When I finished my speedwork yesterday, it was probably the last real hard workout that I will do.  I have a 22 mile run scheduled for Sunday, but will do the first 5 as I plan to do the first 5 of the marathon, then will probably just jog and cruise for the last 17.  Just one more long run.  Now the question comes...am I ready?  Have I done everything that I could do to make myself successful on May 4th.  Probably not, but who ever really does?  It's more about have I done enough.  Hopefully so.  Most of the people I read about or know who are running marathons that day, from the Flying Pig in Cinci, to the Vancouver Marathon in...well I forget where that ones at :-p, to the people running here in my hometown of Ft. Collins in the Colorado Marathon, are tapering right now.  Resting, letting their bodies recover.  I am out pounding miles, even after a pretty successful race over the weekend.

Plus during all this here lately, my weight, which I worry about pretty much all the time, has dropped off very nicely here lately.  I'm down around 163 this morning and after my run today and everything all finished out, I'll probably end the weekend somewhere around 161.5-162, which is right about where I want to be when I race.  Even with all the miles before PHX, my weight stayed the same most of the time, while this time, it's dropped as I've trained.  I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing going into a 26.2 mile race, but I'll have 2 weeks to recover and try to maintain, so we will see.  I said to someone last night when she asked how my run went, that "running is stupid".  lol  It's not, I just think I'm ready for the race to come, and the 2 hour long runs and training sessions to be done for a while.

The Colorado Avalanche went up 3-2 on the Minnesota Wild in the NHL playoffs last night.  I love hockey, and am really starting to enjoy the playoffs, it's been a nice distraction in the evenings here lately.  Plus the Cubs are off to a descent start this year so that keeps my mind occupied as the days pass.  

Not much else here except to say that I'm off to run, happy Friday to everyone.  

My Sunday run will include my camera as I basically just run all over town, so a bunch of pictures to come in the next entry.