Marathon update

Rick posts that his "modest goals (in order)" for the marathon are:
"1) Finish
"2) Finish in 6 hours"

My goals are even more modest.
1) Finish
2) Finish in 6 hours
3) Don't die

The third is almost guaranteed (I had my doubts at first), the first is also pretty darn likely, and the second is actually starting to look feasible. If all goes as planned tomorrow, I'll be up to 4 miles of straight jogging in 45 minutes or so. Slow, if you're a real runner, but perhaps fast enough to make up for any 4 mph or less walking/crawling/crying-on-the-side-of-the-road that comes in the 22.2 miles that follow.

Ever time I jog now, I run (well, shuffle) further than I ever have in my life. Hard to believe I'm the same person who got a D in phys ed all those years ago and was always last picked. I wish someone had told me that there are other facets of physical fitness than speed and coordination. It also would have been nice if I'd gotten over my "athletic=dumb" prejudice, oh, say, a decade earlier.

No matter. I say once more, "Up yours, 30!"