Less than two months

My handy countdown timer app thingy tells me that I’m under two months now until END-Wet. Wow. Nervous much?

Practically 27 miles (the way I navigate, 26.7 miles might as well be 30 miles…or more). Fewer than 60 days hence. Freaking me out. I bought my tickets this weekend. Weird to say buy when in actuality I sold miles for the tickets. I managed to get my roundtrip DC to Grand Forks for $10. Yes, ten dollars. And 50,000 miles. But I had them sitting there. If I left them there too much longer who knows what would have happened. I’ve lost hotel points before. Do frequent flyer miles on United ever die?

A few of my fellow marathoners are in the same boat as me with respect to feeling unprepared. Many of us are relying on a fellow swimmer’s report from last year’s race. Purportedly, last year several swimmers who’ve only done an IronMan distance swim completed the entire 26+ miles. So we should be able to finish, right? Plus, this year there was a lot of snow, so the organizers are expecting quite the push from current. I could use push. Like, maybe, an extra mile per hour? Are you listening God, it’s me, Margaret Michael.

Whether I finish or not, I enjoy the process. The learning. The meeting others with the same fanaticism. Seeing new places. The gravitas I get when/if I finish. (“You swam how far? And in North Dakota? Are you insane?”)  Plus, it helps my charity.

So far, my longest pool swim this year is 10K. My longest lately (defined as since my last big swim, the Tampa Bay relay) is 8K. This Friday I’m planning for a 9K. Then, next week, the base pool opens. w00t!  I intend on doing a good 2 hour swim Tuesday mornings, and then when my Friday indoor pool closes (mid-June until Oct 31st!), I’ll stop by the base pool Fridays after work to swim long. If I can get into one of the two lap lanes…

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