The business manager asks the project manager about the status of the project and when it will be completed. "Never been closer {{to being done}}," comes the smart@ss answer. And so it is {{also}} with Dan's race fitness. He has never - at least in the past few weeks - been closer to being in tip-top race shape. Based on Dan's last post about a long run, things were beginning to look somewhat not-so-great. But Dan has since started to claw his way back.
It started with an eighteen-miler on the Towpath with Larry Orwin last Thursday. The pretty-good pace caused Friday's run to be not-so-great. But Saturday's seven was okay, and then came today.
Today's route is the newly completed Brunswick Marathon course. Dan arrives at 5:45 and runs his first 6.55-mile loop. Luckily, Rick Roman had shown up and run with him for part of it. That kept Dan honest. The second loop is with Sharon Sibilski and Julie Boggs. These two keep Dan even more honest. Now comes the most honest part of all: the third 1/4-marathon loop. This time, it's only Sharon and Dan.
Guess what? It goes okay. Surprisingly, they pick up the pace some more, and Dan winds up with a decent long run. He and Sharon even go one more mile around the lake so that Dan can call the run a 20-miler.
Cleveland is three weeks away. Is Dan ready? That's unclear, but he's definitely never been closer.
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