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Scheduled rest day. And when I mean rest, I mean that I have spent a total of maybe 2 hours on my feet. You would think I’m bed-ridden with as little physical activity as I’ve undertaken today. I managed to pack up the marathon bag 95% complete … need to add food, my special drink (Cytomax) for the wait at Fort Wadsworth and extra bottle for the first 2-3 miles. Given all the advice about how cold it will be while waiting (high 30s), I will look like an Eskimo. Once I discard the multiple layers, the core racing look will be the following …
Kicks by Saucony Kinvara Pro Grid. I had a great post (trust me) about racing flats written and Word Press somehow ate it … seriously. Anyway, I love these shoes and wore a previous pair to death during training. They are like slippers on my feet.
Otherwise, I’m relaxing. Did I mention I hardly moved all day? 
I’ve been carbing up and hydrating consistently. Tomorrow hydrating will become more like an obsession until later in the evening. I imagine it being a tough night to sleep and I don’t need to exacerbate it by popping up every 20 minutes … if you know what I mean.
Last thing, I’ve mentioned my wife fairly often on these pages. But as you have seen over the last 14+ months there is no way I could attempt to do what I’ve done with out her help. She’s the backbone of the family and I’ve been planning Operating Marathon Makeup for a couple months now. In fact I’ve started to put it into effect in the last few weeks … to some success. As fortune would have it, a CPTC teammate approached me recently to ask whether she would be interested in being interview for a piece in the Wall Street Journal on marathon families. I thought it would be a nice way to bring her into the process even more directly and give her a much deserved moment in the sun (to fillet me, of course). Here’s the link.
Tomorrow … tracking info, the race strategy and goals. We are down to 2 …
love the core look. i want something as cool as that! and i’m WAY jealous of you being essentially immobile all day. i get too nervous and feel the need to do all the house chores and run about hhahahah
Thx. Fortunate to have a spouse who blindly supports me and knows I’m taking a mini running hiatus beginning about 1:15pm on Sunday.
The piece in the papers was a great touch. We can’t do what we do without support from so many, and it’s so good that you can give a bit of the spotlight to Mrs T. Looking forward to all the tracking details and that kind of stuff. I never usually bother but I will for this. I hate to admit it but I’ve become one of your groupees
You are a good man and even better friend.