Why you will succeed tomorrow....

You started training for the marathon in January not June
You have run 4-6 miles of speedwork for the past 6 months.
You get up early to run long sometimes before work and before your kids get up.
You run out in the elements not in a climate controlled envirnoment on a treadmill.
You have done dozens of Yassos
You have supported each other through tough workouts on long runs and in races.
You are not a team of mercenaries that run together because you get some free shoe store gear, but because you are friends.
You will run a smart pace because you have done that dozens of time in practice.

You will finish this long journey on Balboa & Columbus.

You will be passing hundreds of others competitors who have not paid this price.

You are skulls