the Way of the Turtle

Off to NIPMUCK!
Saturday, June 6, 2009

Heading down the day before, in case the neighbors decide to party tonight... nothing like a reasonably priced hotel room 10 minutes from the start of a trail race!

On the one hand I feel a bit apprehensive about tomorrow's marathon - I know I haven't done enough long (15+ mile) runs - and on the other hand, I don't - tomorrow will go however it's going to go, and there's nothing I can do about it now.

Perhaps the looming shadow of a 50k run a month from now is keeping NIPMUCK in better perspective than years past... after all, in many ways this year NIPMUCK is just a step along the way, rather than the major goal itself...

JMH