Marathon Head

It's just under 6 weeks until race day and all I can think about is race day!

I'm completely confident I can tackle the 26.2 mile distance, even though my longest run to date is 16 miles (totally understand the Hanson method now).

Not going to lie, still excited for 18 and 20 mile runs because 18 means lots of pancakes and eggs and a Snickers bar and 20 means B-Dub's garlic parmesean wings and a delicious 500-800 calorie ice cream concoction.

That's right.

I call those days "fatty cake" days.

Seriously, though, I'm finding it hard to focus.

I just want to think about my race day outfit (am I going to want some longer shorts under the star spangled shorties?), what gear I can buy at the expo (I want a visor and some type of shirt, at least), whether or not I should invest in a race belt with the gel holders (how the heck am I going to hold all that fuel??), and how delicious that Guinness is going to taste after I cross that finish line (heck yes, I'm cheating on the gluten free diet and I don't care about the consequences).

I just want to buy lots of fun fall running clothes and think about next year's races and whether or not I want to try to race the 5K's I'm planning on doing.

I just want to sleep in.

Do some yoga.

Lift a little.

Run a little more.

Get on a plane.

Fly to Ireland.

AND RUN A MARATHON!

5.5 weeks ...