Countdown begins-25days left!!

Well, I had wanted to do the countdown from 30 days but missed that. Now I am getting into a nervous state of mind- only 25 days for M-day!!

Today walked 4.1m in 66 min-16minmile, but this was interspersed with some intervals of running too.

On marathon day we have to cross the 18.5mile mark by 5 hours, which comes out to be a 16.5minmile, which I think we can do for that distance, but to make up we would have to run the rest of the distance in 11.38minmile. Which we havent done even on our good days, leave alone in the last 6miles of the marathon. So again we are left with the average pacing of 14.5minmile to complete in 6.5hours.

Which might be doable, who knows on that day and time. As per GB the last few miles of the marathon course are downgrading so we might be able to pick up speed at the end. Which I highly doubt as we have not practiced that distance and I know from past experience - the last 2 miles of the half-M - I was dragging myself at 16-17minmile pace, all hot and tired and ready to give up, which I would have, if GB had not been there to buck me up.

And I cant even say the crowd enthusiasm will carry us thru because those 6-7 miles are thru the Lake Merced area which everyone says is the most desolate and has no aid stations.

So now I am stressing about all the details, worrying more-doing less, and it should be the opposite. take one day at a time.

25 days left!!!