3 days to go...

3 more days for the Marine Corps Marathon... it's almost here and as usual I have a mixed feelings about the race. I am excited, ansious, and scard. I am ansious because I know this is supposed to be one of the best marathons in the US, I am ansious to get there and just run, I am scared because the course is very hilly and I did not train on hills at all this time which scares the hell out of me. I have all these questions going thru my mind: Am I prepared for the race? Was my training enough? Should I have done anything different for this race? What if I don't do well in this race? it's almost overwhelming...

I know it's all in my mind. I know I have trained well, have done everythig possible to run a good race; and yet these doubts keeping popping up on my mind. I keep asking myself what I could have done better in order to be well prepared.

I am always afraid of what can happen during the race. I will be disappointed if I don't do well on this race. My goal is to do a sub 4 and nothing less. Everyone is telling me that is crazy to expect a PR on a hilly course... and yet I think if I give all I can I can do it. Well, we will see...