37 miles

There are only 37 more training miles until the.big.day. 

Holy Crap!

I have run approximately 660 miles training for this marathon - so there is no question that I am physically prepared for the race. There is no question that physically I should be able to achieve my goals and based on the McMillan Running Calculator, I should even have a few minutes to spare.

Mentally though - I have my days. Some days I can just picture myself in the car on our way home from Tulsa just grinning ear to ear because I did the unthinkable and qualified for Boston. Other days, I think about the hills that are on the course and I just feel that they are going to defeat me and before the half way mark, I've already given up all hope of qualifying. 

But then I think to myself, qualifying for Boston is your stretch goal Kier! You should be totally stoked if you run a sub 4 hour marathon! I mean come on, your ran the Twin Cities Marathon in 4 hours 46 minutes - shaving off 46 minutes would be huge! Can you really expect to shave off one hour and 6 minutes??

Sure, running a sub 4 marathon would be awesome, but you know what? That is not going to be good enough for me right now. Can I shave off one hour and 6 minutes? HECK YES. I am going to shave off one hour and 8 minutes just to make myself feel that much better.

Physically I am ready, mentally I will be ready come race day. No doubt about it.