Eight Days to Go!

8 Days to Go!!
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Remember when running to the mailbox and back was painful?
Remember when you went over 10 miles for the first time? (You HAVE gone over 10 miles, haven't you?)

It's a miracle. It used to be impossible. Now it isn't. And you're still the same person. Well, maybe not. Your're a BETTER person.

Remember that on race day. You've made a plan. You've worked it. You've run the miles. You're amazing. Race day is when you prove that. To yourself. To your mother. To your kids. Everyone you know will move you up a notch on their coolness scale. I'm looking forward to seeing into your eyes at the finish line on October 19th.

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Velocity Challenged. What's that?

Well, there are fast people. There are half-fast people. And there are Velocity Challenged people.

Some people think they may fit that category. Our "guideline" is that if you're going to run slower than a six-hour marathon pace, you might like to take the 7:00 start. If you're planning on less than five hours, definitely wait and start at 8:00.

And a couple recommendations--check the website for Frequently Asked Questions as well as the Race Day Instruction page.

Ontario 108. Indiana 103. A Canadian living in Indiana ask if I'd sing both anthems. Actually, we have someone doing the Star Spangled Banner for us already. She's probably better at it than I am anyway.

World Record Holder coming back to do it again! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Last year, Neil Sauter emailed me. "I'm a professional stilt-walker, and a clown. I'd like to know if it's OK for me to do the marathon on stilts."

I wrote back and told him he was the third one that day to ask me that.

Anyway, Neil showed up, walked a marathon on stilts, broke the only known record by around an hour, and raised a bunch of cash for United Cerebral Palsy.

And he's coming to do it again!! You can read a little about his exploits in the following blog entry:

http://ucpeople.blogspot.com/2008/10/rising-above-neil-sauter-to-stilt-walk.html