I'm in the final 10 days before the B&A Marathon, 3/1/09. Feeling very ready, psyched.

Been thinking about what runs to do for this last stretch. I'll try and get an LSD in Saturday morning - maybe 11-12 miles, but at a slow. easy pace. Then maybe some track work on Sunday, but easing up on the intensity a bit.  That will put me at about 28 miles for this week, which is probably a good taper number.

Next week, I'll run an easy 8 miles or so on Monday and maybe 6 easy on Wednesday. I might go for a "wake-up" 2-3 mile easy run on Saturday. Or not!

This will be the 3rd time running the B&A, so I have a very good mental picture of the route. My RB is  planning to run the half, so we'll stay together that far. I've worked a lot on pacing over the past few weeks, so am hopeful I won't make the same mistake this year as last - going out way too fast and then dying at the end.

Optimistically...