Hurricane Sandy is churning her way towards the eastern seaboard. She is expected to make landfall somewhere between Virginia and Massachusetts on Monday afternoon. She is aligning herself to converge with another frontal system to create one of those 'perfect storms' that the weather forecasters are touting to be of a magnitude that has never been seen before. Millions of people will be impacted; there will be billions of dollars of damage due to flooding and wind.
Here I am in Washington DC lulling in the quiet before the storm. All I want to do is run 26.2 miles tomorrow. This is what I've been training for the last 16 weeks. It doesn't seem reasonable that some wind and rain should prevail. if I'm lucky enough, the worst of the storm will arrive after I've crossed the finish line and I have a new medal around my neck. I'll be safe and sound in the comfort of my hotel room licking my wounds wondering what in the world was I thinking? Why would I subject myself to such discomfort? And then I will remind myself of the exhilarating feeling I will experience once it's all said and done. Within 48 hours after finishing, I know I will begin planning and deciding which marathon I should run in 2013. That's when a new journey will begin.
Good Luck to all of my fellow Marine Corps Marathoners who are in the midst of their final preparations for tomorrow!
John
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