It is now just four more weeks until race day. As of this writing, I've completed 443 miles on the training program, and the end is in sight. After tomorrow's 15 mile run (in what should be pretty good weather according to the forecast) and a slow-paced six mile recovery run on Monday, there is only next weekend's 21 mile "so you think you can really do this" run that is longer than five miles left on the schedule. The final two weeks before the race is the "taper" period where the weekly mileage drops considerably allowing the trainee (me in this case) to recover and rest in preparation for the race.
I'm also heading into the home stretch in terms of fund raising for the Melanoma Foundation. As of Wednesday of this week, I'm in sixth place on the Foundation marathon team in terms of overall fund raising and am at 83% of my $7000 goal. For anyone reading this that hasn't already sponsored me (or even if you already have), I would really appreciate if you would click the "donate" button in the upper right-hand corner of this page. Any amount will help me to reach my goal and could possibly save a life as well.
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