Poor Planning?

I'm around; just insanely busy with work, getting ready for the trip, holiday shopping (or should I say, telling Andy what everyone wants so he can take care of the shopping), etc. It's been a crazy few months and this trip could not be coming at a better time. Well, actually, it could if I take into account the fact that I'm running a marathon in 3 short days.

I'm not sure planning a marathon the week after Thanksgiving was the best idea. With 5 days off work, multiple get togethers and a lot of workouts to off set said get togethers, I haven't done much of a taper. On top of that, knowing I'm going to spend a week of sipping champagne on the beach and helping myself to soft serve ice cream whenever I want has not necessarily made me have the urge to carb load...at all. So once again I've done everything I should not have done leading up to a race. But I did declare today a full day of rest, which is my first true rest day since well before taper officially began. One day is better than none, right?? Thankfully, the decision was already made for this to be a fun run so I have zero pressure on myself. I'm just looking forward to taking it all in and wearing a smile on my face while I do it.

Weather for race day is looking...um...warm. But I love my heat so hopefully I can adjust quickly. It's been unseasonably warm in Philly so at least I'm not going from temperatures in the 20s to hot and humid. Right now the low on Friday night is 76 and Saturday will be sunny and in the mid 80s. The race starts at 5am so I'm hoping I can get a lot done before the sun comes up and gets hot. It would be nice to have a Red Stripe in my hands before 9am. But we'll see...

I'm beyond excited and really just can't wait to get there. I'm pretty much packed up and ready; just hoping my Ensure makes it through security and that I get some sleep. Two days in a row of 3am wake up calls before the race are going to suck, but it'll be worth it. Bring on marathon # 10!!