the countdown begins

if you can believe it, my marathon is in 4 days! ahh!!! i can't believe it's finally here. since the start of this week, i've been going on short runs and started drinking A LOT of water. starting on thursday, i'm going to begin carbo loading!

for those of you that live in dc, it would be great to see you out on the course! if you want more details on where the race is, the best places to check out the race, go to the spectator page of the marine corps marathon website as they have tips on what to do. this race is also really high tech; they've got places along the course where you can check where the runner is on the course. to read more about it, click here. you can also sign up to get email messages and text messages to track the runner along the course. they've also got some sort of a map track but i don't really understand what that is. and of course on the website, they've also got a map of the course.

if you do plan to come out and cheer me on, here's some information that you will probably want to know to help identify me!

BIB NUMBER: 25105 (you'll need this if you want to sign up to receive text/email messages!

WHAT I'LL BE WEARING:

• a florescent green TNT visor (all dc team in training participants will be wearing it but there's only about 150 some people and it's really bright so that should help to identify me
• a purple team in training tanktop (however this depends on the weather)! if it's cold, a white addidas top with lime green stripes down the sleeves (and at the start of the race, i might have on a trashbag or space blanket to warm me up)
• on bottom: a pair of black shorts.

PROJECTED PACE PER MILE: somewhere between 9 minutes and 40 seconds to 10 minutes and 20 seconds. hopefully i'll average 10 minute per mile! (this means that i should finish around 4 hours and 20 minutes!)

START TIME: there are 2 start times to the marine corps marathon. i will be in the second wave that starts at 8:45am.

thanks again for all your support and i hope i'll see you out there on the course!