Practiced the water stops again. I'm just going to have to stop when I drink. That will be best. Ran 3 miles averaging 7:40 pace. I felt pretty good during the day, but I've got some head congestion tonight. I don't think it will hinder me though because I feel fine overall. I've also had a sore right calf and sore ankle. It's weird. It's not like this came from training hard. So maybe I've had some lingering minor injury that's trying to repair itself now that I've been running less. But my legs feel good in training. Here are my thoughts on the race. I started the year weighing about 187 and not running at all. I didn't think I would want to do a marathon. But then I got into it and with some encouragement from people got excited about qualifying for Boston. In both of my previous marathons, I didn't really prepare well for them. In the first one I took two months off before and ran it cold turkey. The second one I was semi prepared but not really. This time I want to do much better. I also want to qualify for Boston. I feel confident in being able to do that. I'd love to go faster than 3:10 and will try to do that. But if not, I'll still be happy for having trained well all year and now weighing 166. | 