The weather forecast for this Sunday's race is by far the warmest marathon I will have run out of five.
It's scary, but this race has never been about a PR for me. It will be the one (and hopefully ONLY) race I run with cancer. Well- I did one 5K between diagnosis and surgery in which I was literally running with tumors on my neck, so that's the real race WITH cancer and I did some warm-up races during training... but you know what I mean.
I'm well on my way to remission, thankfully, and marathon training has helped immensely with the mental/emotional/spiritual challenges of cancer. Seriously- what a kick in the ass this has all been. Just being able to start this race is a win, regardless of how long it takes to finish. That'll be my mantra on Sunday.
To all the other runners going down to LA: good luck, run smart, stay hydrated.
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