Today it was back to work.
Tomorrow, I’m off to Salt Lake to run in the third annual Salt Lake City Marathon.
So give a holler and a cheer tomorrow morning, even if it is while you are sleeping in. I need all of the psychic energy I can get. I’ve not been getting good sleep all week and I feel like I'm coming down with something. But I can't not participate in this. I've been wanting to do this race for two years now. The first year, my back went out on me and I was hobbling around for a month before I could even start running again. Last year, I became very ill and ended up having my gall bladder removed. This year, I believe I could have used many excuses to stop me. But no. I'm running. I've dedicated the race to my grandfather.
I have been hydrating and carbo-loading very well. If I can get through that last hour tomorrow, when the temps will start creeping into the high 80's and low 90's, then half the battle is won.
If you want to check out the course map for the marathon, how it weaves around the greater salt lake city suburbs, click here.
IN the photo above, in the back, along the mountains, sits the University of Utah and 2002's Winter Olympics' Village. That is where the race begins. The course runs to the right of the picture and out of it. Then the course does this u-turn and returns to the downtown area, seen at the front of the picture. The race ends at the Gateway center, at the fountains (seen in the lower-left corner).
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