After looking at the weather report, Im feeling optimistic again. It is supposed to be on the cooler side (since we are running in the morning) and hopefully, Fridays rain will not continue on into Saturday.  I was losing my optimism because the head cold I seem to have acquired over the weekend is now trickling into my chest.  After losing my voice (not a good thing to have happen at the end of the school year with a bunch of 8^th graders on the brink of graduation), I was very concerned about being able to breathe well during the race.  Some say being able to do that is a pretty helpful thing.  I went for a quick little run yesterday and I seemed to be ok.  We shall see what the weekend will bring.  I am really quite nervous, but my goal is to: 1. finish, 2. not walk too much over one minute at a time, and 3. not puke/ embarrass myself in the process.  I actually have an aim of 2:30.  Yes, that is two hours and thirty minutes of straight running.  I prefer to think of it as five sets of thirty.  Well see just how helpful that is into the third set. 

So this is it.  See you race day!