Problem is, on Monday I will be doing A LOT of running. I was trying to assess my confidence index going into Boston this afternoon. If 100 degrees is as much confidence as one can have going into a marathon, I register at probably around a 75. Not as much as I want, but I know my training is done. My long runs are the cornerstone of my training, and I know they were honestly completed.
I need my body to heal a bit more before now and Boston. Which is why I’m being the laziest I have been in several years. I am walking, and doing core workouts, to maintain core and leg strength. But that is it. Nothing extravagant, nothing ambitious. I am preparing to suffer. There’s no denying that. But nor can I envision the scope to which I will be affected.
As of now, I’m planning on running with a running buddy, whom I trained with throughout all my long runs. And even when my leg pain was stronger, I maintained his pace. So I hope to replicate that on Monday.
Two more physical therapy sessions before race day. Hoping everything works out well.
I also intend on wearing my custom made orthotics, in the neutral shoes I have been training in - To improve my leg stability.
Right now, the local weather forecasters are calling for a high of 39, heavy rain and snow, winds reaching 20 mph out of the east in metro-west Boston.
By the end of this month, I will have trained for and arrived at Boston, prepared to run.
Defended my senior thesis.
Attended my senior formal.
Delivered the remainder of my term papers to my respective professors.
Heard from all the law schools to which I applied to.
Make a decision on housing for next fall.
Ideally find an employer to help subsidize my legal education.
Forget September, Wake me up when April ends.
