Tomorrow I will be leaving for Green River, Wyoming.  The Run With The Horses Marathon is on Saturday morning.  I have a feeling that this will be a very slow race.  The weather forecase for Green River is calling for temperatures around 90 degrees.  The race begins at 6:30am local time, so hopefully I'll be done before it gets too hot.  But still, I'm sure that it won't be comfortable.  Combine the heat with the hilly terrain and the high altitude, and I know I won't be threatening any Personal Records. 

 

So what time am I predicting for myself?  Frankly, I'll be happy as long as it's not my slowest-ever marathon.  That would mean I'd need to beat the 4:27 I got in Chicago in 2005.  I'll guess that I'll be slightly faster than that, and I'll predict a 4:20.  I think I'm going to have to work hard to complete state #12.

In just a few days, I will be flying out west to run another marathon.  The Run With The Horses Marathon in Green River, Wyoming is on Saturday.  Oddly enough, this will be my first Saturday marathon, after 11 previous ones that have all been on Sundays. 

 

But of course the prevailing theme of this race will be that I will be running it without Joe, who passed away last month.  Since my wife won't be joining me this time, it means I will be spending my time in Wyoming all by myself.  It will be difficult not to spend time thinking about Joe.  I'm not sure what there is to do out there, but I'll try to keep myself entertained. 

 

This looks like it will be a rather difficult marathon.  But I won't be going for speed anyway.  I just want to finish it in one piece.