Ran with the dogs. Didn't make any heroic efforts except to keep running. I actually felt better (legs) yesterday than today. I have no idea if I should be attempting any speed training now that I'm at the peak of my personal physical and mental exhaustion. This is going to be a tough week. I always get "here" 3 weeks before the marathon. I know this exhaustion and I always wonder when I'm here what in the heck I am doing this for. I'm going to do this one for my kids, theywant to go to Boston to see friends & sites, and they know this is the race of all races. They are old enough to see and understand what it is to stick with something and acheive it. I will run the marathon of all marathons for their sake. It makes them proud of me and so I want to do it so when I'm in a hospital bed one day they can remember when I was young and strong so it will give them their own strength. | 