390 MILES 3900 MINUTES 65 HOURS LATER

First off all, I ran 4.1 miles this morning at 5:00AM. Both of my knees now hurt and my left hip! I feel like John Riggins, the great Washington Redskins running back. Riggins was the oldest player to have 300+ rushing attempts in a season. With a fairly visible hitch in my giddyup now . .someone asked me today if I would go through with this. Would I go through with this? I did some math: 390 miles since June. 3900 minutes = 65 hours. I based this on a 10 minute mile . .which is a little slow but would account for 8 minute mile short runs and the 10 minutes or so I use for stretching for each run. I have so far run 390 miles so that I can run 26.2 miles. Appears as though the math favors the marathon! Oh . . . .but I love the focus . . .and the determination . . . .and the pit in my gut. I teeter totter back and forth with doubt. I am 7 years old again standing on the high dive for the first time. . . .