Trying to psych myself up.

     In case you are wondering why I am posting all of these quotes, I am trying hard to motivate myself.  Tomorrow is Revel Rockies marathon day and I am nervous.  It will be a warm day and I don't do well in heat.  There is a strict cut-off time less than I am used to so that they can reopen the roads.  I have to catch the bus to get to the starting line at 3:30 AM which means leaving home at 2:45, which means getting up around 1 to eat breakfast, walk the dog, drink some coffee, etc.  I might as well stay up all night!
     Oh well, if the sag wagon pulls me off the course because I am too slow due to heat or whatever, that is okay.  I am going to try. There will be beautiful views along the way, and rolling hills for the last half.  I will do my best to just enjoy it, whatever happens.
     PS, the start line is at 10,500 feet of elevation!



A marathon is hundreds of miles.  The finish is the last 26.2


 "The marathon never ceases to be a race of joy, a race of wonder."
-Hal Higdon, running writer and coach

 "The person who starts the race is not the same person who finishes the race."
-Marathon spectator sign

 "The marathon. How an average runner becomes more than average."
-New Balance

"You're running on guts. On fumes.  Your muscles twitch.  You are delirious. But you keep running because there's no way out of this hell you're in, because there's no way you are not crossing the finish line.  It's a misery that non-runners don't understand."
       Martine Costello

Your muscles twitch. You throw up. You're delirious. But you keep running because there's no way out of this hell you're in, because there's no way you're not crossing the finish line. It's a misery that non-runners don't understand.  

 "You can never be sure. That's what makes the marathon both fearsome and fascinating. The deeper you go into the unknown, the more uncertain you become. But then you finish. And you wonder later, 'How did I do that?' This question compels you to keep making the journey from the usual to the magical."
-Joe Henderson