(Sorry to all my Canadian fans)<\/p>\n
Tomorrow morning my darling and I will board the Victoria Clipper for a MUCH needed 3-day vacation (and yes, that includes running a marathon).\u00a0 I have absolutely no idea how I’ll do; while I would love to BQ again, I just don’t think I have it in me.\u00a0 My more realistic goal is to beat my North Olympic time of 4:15, and if it looks like that won’t happen, my other goal is to beat my Skagit Flats time of 4:27.\u00a0 (And if THAT doesn’t happen, I sure hope there’s lots of beer at the end to drown my sorrows).<\/p>\n
But really, I’m more excited about the mini vacation.\u00a0 We’ll arrive about 11 a.m., and after checking into our hotel (the 5-star Hotel Grand Pacific) we’ll head to the expo to pick up our bib numbers (although I don’t think there’s runner tracking, my bib # is 1415 and my darling’s is 712).\u00a0 We’ve sprung for the pasta feed at the Empress that night (featuring Nitmos<\/a>‘ nemesis Dick Beardsley as the motivational speaker), and will return to the Empress on Monday for high tea.<\/p>\n I’m also excited about getting to wear my new Marathon Maniacs singlet for the first time in a race (given how cold its been I’ll probably wear a shirt underneath).\u00a0 Hopefully we’ll get the chance to meet a few fellow Maniacs (one of them — Jon “Coconutboy” Mahoney — will be running his 300th marathon).<\/p>\n