4 x 1 mile
Mood:  lazy
Now Playing: Tipitina by Professor Longhair from The Big Easy soundtrack
Topic: Marathon
Today's long run was only a four times 1 mile. The weather is better and I finished the 4 miles feeling pretty good physically, but it seems I've lost all mental and emotional motivation for finishing the marathon. In terms of meeting my marathon goals, being able to finish it will most likely be the only one I achieve. The weight loss and speed goals didn't receive enough attention over the last several months and so aren't even going to be close to what I'd hoped for.

So if I "run" the marathon next month, it is going to have to be with the understanding that I will be bussed over the bridge and that I will be the last or very nearly the last finisher, and this will have to be okay. If I am not okay with those things from the very beginning and if I am not out there just to be in the moment and moving through whatever presents itself with each step, then I shouldn't even put myself at the starting line.

Next week is the 26-mile training run and I have some mental work to do in the next seven days to make sure those miles go better than the last long run of 23 miles went, and to practice getting my head in the right place for the actual event.