packing it up

one week to go time. well if we are going to get technical one week and one night. but it is my last night home before the marathon. tomorrow i head to NYC for work. and then wednesday night i head to the west coast where i enjoy a few relaxing days in LA before we run. right now it all feels a little overwhelming. i spent a decent part of the afternoon packing up the monkey suits for work and trying not to forget any essential running gear. i have the work laptop stowed next to the garmin and the business cards packed besides the bodyglide. my hope is that it's all there. i had planned to run this morning but managed to get a good nickel sized blister on the arch of my foot during yesterdays run so i am holding off for the moment. but i hope to sneak in something in the morning. and then remember to put my running shoes in my bag. (self reminder: DO NOT FORGET YOUR RUNNING SHOES!)

nagging thoughts are running through my head: i will not be able to make my own food all week. for the first three days of the week i will be on my feet continuously for at least 8 hours a day. i will literally be flying back and forth across the country (and will actually be on both coasts and in the two largest cities in the US on the same day). i will not see spencer or meredith all week (i'm not used to this AT ALL). will any of this impact my running? maybe. i don't really know. can i do anything about it? not really. my training for this marathon has all about kind of just rolling with it so i think that is what i am going to have to do. and i believe it will be fine. and if nothing else it will be fun. i get to see friends and family. and i get to run. nothing wrong with any of that.