I'm taking my training up a notch for the Kansas City Marathon, running five days a week instead of just three, like I did for the Oklahoma City Marathon. Needless to say, staying motivated when the alarm goes off at 5AM is a struggle. To help keep me focused on my goal I got out and rode the marathon course on my bike wearing my Garmin Forerunner 305 and then edited the elevation graph to be my desktop background at work and at home. Hard telling if it will help.  I'll tell you next October!

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