Oakland Marathon: 2.5 weeks away.
Leg status: semi-trashed.

Actually, things went pretty well. We basically executed our plan despite the mud and the rain this year, and neither of us are injured. I filled in a lot of the gaps on that graph with either swimming, biking or yoga. We could have done more tempo work and more track work, as usual.

As for what we’re hoping for from this marathon… fun! It’s the first marathon in Oakland in many years and I think the city will respond well to it. I’m hoping for good crowd support as we run though all the neighborhoods that make Oakland special. For a goal time we’ll probably vaguely shoot for 4hrs 30min, but after the past two marathons I’m really disinclined to make predictions.

Marathons are a long way.