Maybe it’s because I am so often joking that people do not take me seriously when I say that I am not ready for this. Seriously though people, I am not ready for this. First of all, we are talking about 18 miles. That’s fa, a long long way to run. Second of all, its uphill the whole way. Or most of the way, anyway. I have not adequately trained for this.
On the other hand, is there really any way to train adequately? Not that I’m blowing off the importance of preparation, but the real trick here is mental. People in very good shape lose confidence and drop out of hard things. People who should not be able to do difficult things do them anyway. And while some of that is gritting your teeth and pushing on, I also think that surrendering yourself to the thing is the way to getting the greatest joy out of it.
No matter how much I have run or not run before now, I won’t have much control over what my body feels like tomorrow. It may be a good day or it may be a bad day. I won’t be able to control the weather. It could be warm or it could be cold. I damn sure can’t control the trail. But I can choose my perspective, and one foot step at a time, I will make it to the mountain top.
shouldn’t you be getting a good night’s sleep?
Done!