This morning was amazing: barely over 40 degrees at 8 am.  It looks to be a bit warmer and more humid on race day.

My (slight) concern is the rain.  You see, I have only had a few runs that had a little bit of rain.  It just didn't rain here on long run days this training cycle.  So while I have run in rain (including a 7 mile downpour a few weeks ago), I have not done a 20 (or 18 or 16 for that matter) miler in rain and I worry about how my feet will do for 26.2 miles if it does rain.          Ok I am not panicing.  This is just a mild taper induced concern.....right.   Alright--all is well.  I am calm.  No worries. 

Though it can still change, the weather guessers are saying a "few showers."  Not bad at all.  The bigger concern for me is the temps that seem to keep going up (now the high is supposed to be 73).  I live near Baltimore and the last few days have been fantastic -- nice and cool.

But we wouldn't be here if we didn't train.  So as long as we stay patient and smart -- we all should do fine.

A reasonably accurate website to watch for Baltimore weather is WBAL television's site.

http://www.wbaltv.com/weather/index.html

They are one of the sponsors of the race, and will be covering the day's activities.

The latest forecast is  a cool 50 ine the morning, but climbing to near 80 by late afternoon.

Take lots of water boys -n- girls!