my old roommate and i started training for the marathon back in june. it was her idea to participate in this whole deal. she was going through a hard time and i decided to start running with her.

today (5 days before race) she emails me saying that she will not be participating. so here i am, forcing myself to believe i can do it all my own. it will be very hard, and i'm trying not to feel discouraged.

she is my new motivation. her lack of commitment and responsibility pushes me even harder. i am so much better than her, and after sunday i will be a half-marathon ahead of her.

boo yah.

What pace/finish time are you going for? You don't HAVE to run this alone. There will be 200 friendly Marathoner in Training team members doing the race and there's bound to be one (in a flashy orange singlet) running near you. :)