7 miles this morning at 4:45AM

I got "outside" this morning at 4:45AM. It was dark. I heard crickets and trains. I looked up in our second story window and saw the nightlight in our hallway glowing through the blinds. It was HARD to hit the road this morning. My training actually called for 10 miles but I opted for a hard 7 miles. I RAN HARD. I feel like 7 HARD miles will do more benefit for me right now that 10 EASY miles. I found a website that talks about feeding your body enough carbs so that you don't "hit the wall."  Obviously nothing is guaranteed but there is a cool calculator that talks about how many CARBS you need 12 - 36 hours before the marathon. It is endurancecalculator.com. I was proud of myself this morning for getting up, for running hard the whole time, and so far not eating any crap! This has been quite a journey. 5 miles tomorrow morning before 6AM. I am going to "swing" by and pick up my son for the final two.