racing

Awake at 4 waiting for the alarm to go off at 5 am. Phase I:  Get on the hotel shuttle to Boston Common where the buses waited to take runners to Athletes Village.   My starting time was at 10:40 am.  It was difficult knowing what I would do with all my time and I didn’t want to eat a lot.  I never do before a race, but knew I needed something more than just my standard banana with peanut butter and a Snickers Marathon Bar.  I took a bite of a toasted Ezekiel Bagel (gluten free) which I had toasted [...]