Getting nervous yet?

This may well be my last entry before the big day (Jan 11th) ... we've done all we can now, so it's just little runs to keep the legs working. I'm nervous and excited about it - I do know that if we hadn't signed up for the full Marathon we would never have trained at all, so whether we make it or not in the alloted time (7 hours) we have both got a lot out of this (as has our sitter!!).

I think the weirdest thing for me is the amount of weight I've put on!! I have been a consistent 165-170 lb. for most of my adult life... not a lot for 6'3" - I now weigh in at 195 lb. !!!! (of course it's all muscle ;) ). Hopefully that extra weight will help my endurance - at school I was the sprinter and complained about distances further than 200 Meters !!!!

Anyway, wish us luck and if I get the chance I will post the results post race.... then it's off to VEGAS !!!!!!

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Daisy said…
Impressive, Jason! Seriously! I hope there will be pics from the race that you can share. Fingers crossed for you! No matter what though - sticking with it - this whole time - you have already won! :D
January 1, 2009 at 11:38 AM
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