Are you ready yet?

It's a strange feeling here knowing that all of the work for the marathon has been put in, and all that's left is to go out and put the training and the building to the test. There is, as usual, the feeling of wishing we'd done more. Wondering if the miles and the times we put in were enough. But we have to have faith. We followed the plan and we didn't slack off or cut any of it short. We've tapered as planned too, even when it's been really tough to not get out and give some higher efforts these past couple of weeks.

Right now I have a very similar feeling to the lead-ups to my first Olympic Distance race, and 1/2 IM race. There's a sense of questioning whether I'm really capable of getting the job done. On the one hand, I know that we should be able to put in the miles on race day. But I also know that in a race that long, anything can happen. It will, after all, be the longest we've ever gone on the run!

Most of all, I'm anxious and excited. I simply can't wait for the next three and a half days to roll by so that we can pack up and get on the plane Friday morning. Once we're down there, we can pick up our race kits and take Saturday to settle in and be fully prepared. Bring it on!