Has anyone had their "marathon stress dream" yet?
I've read about the "Marathon Stress Dream" in Tom Holland's book and how it's a phenomenon that affects many runners before their big day. Well, mine made its debut Friday night and went something like this:
We arrived in Chicago and checked into the "dorms." (I say "dorms" because in no way did they bear any resemblance to a nice hotel!) Our room was small, but fairly clean and comfortable and I remember thinking to myself, "It's okay, I can sleep here." We went out to dinner and I made my best effort to get to bed at a reasonable hour....The next morning I woke up and went for a walk outside with Lucas and my niece, Hannah. Just around the block I saw at first dozens and then hundreds of Chicago marathoners already dressed and stretching for the race. I found this odd, because we still had 5 or 6 hours before the gun went off at the starting line. But all the runners were ready, wearing their singlets, shorts, bibs........oh, BIBS! BIBS! OH NO!!! I forgot to go to the expo the night before and pick up my bib!!!! Not only did I fail to pick up my bib, but also my team MMRF running buddy Luke's bib, too!!! I panicked, because I knew that there was no bib pick-up available the day of the race!!! WAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
Suddenly I woke up. I let out a big sigh of relief and told myself I will NOT forget to go to the expo, I will NOT forget to go to the expo, I will NOT forget to go to the expo, I will not for-zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
