29 Hours to Rocky

Am certainly 110% sure that I'm not completely ready for Saturday's adventure. :)

To be honest, there's a part of me that's scared. It is being scared to fail, to be quite honest. Why? Because there's nothing to say that I can cover this distance. Sort of a paradox, huh?

Monday and Tuesday, with everything going on, the travel, work, etc., I was completely wiped out and slept more than I normally do.

I got in 75 minutes on the elliptical trainer on Wednesday night and 50 minutes tonight at Bally's here in Pasadena, California. I've read recently that the elliptical, while it might not completely help your running, is better for your back than going and sitting on a stationery bike as it helps to stretch out part of the lower back. (Sounds good, huh?)

Last year was different. I was coming off of a good 3M Half where I ran 2:12 and then ran 20 miles with Rick in the middle of the night. (The splits say that there was a 5:07:14 fourth loop, but that means that we were going at 15 minutes per mile; however, it seems to me that in the last 6-8 miles, the pace really slowed down as Rick was realizing that it was going to have to be another day.)

I'm just hoping that I'll finish, regardless of how much walking I have to do, and that Waverly will be there when I do. :)

Sarah, thanks for your note and for the rest of you, a prayer would be kind! :)