*cue "The Final Countdown" music*

LOL. That's what's playing in my head right now — I forget who sang it but it's this cheesy 80's rock anthem and the only words I know from it are "the final countdown" followed by some really "gnarly" synth sounds.

Anyway, as my title suggests, I have about 10 hours to go until the race. 8 or 7 of those hours, I hope, are spent sleeping! I definitely need my rest since I'll practically be running for nearly 6 hours. Well, this year, my goal (albeit I didn't really train) is to finish the marathon in under 6 hours; 5 hours 30 minutes to be exact! I know it's a long shot but if I can try to motivate myself during the race with some sort of time, I might actually make it. It's not like I'm going to kill myself trying to finish at that exact time, though… LOL, I guess I should just tell myself that my goal is to finish between 5:30 to 6h…

So, I've probably mentioned this before but I'll be bringing my mobile with me in case I get bored and (lol) start texting/bothering Sheryl or maybe my sis or just some random people reading my tweets. Oh, did I mention that I'll be wearing my day-glo Chelsea shirt? LMAO. I'm going to blind the other runners around me.

G'night!

Twitter is currently being sucky right now by posting an "Over capacity" message and preventing me from tweeting. Bastages! Oi, Twitter — just let yourselves be bought by Google so you can have faster and larger servers. >_<

Anyway, am typing using my sis #2's pink computer in her beach house. Tomorroz, we go to the marathon expo to pick up our bib and running chip… Then later that evening (well, is 5:30PM evening?!), our pasta supper and then lights out at 8 or 9PM. Eep. Good thing sis # 1 will be dropping us off at the starting line on Sunday — around 5:00AM! LMAO! Am hoping that I won't be too nervous by that time. From now until the gun goes off, I'll be reminding myself to go slow during the first 6 miles. ^_^

Oh, do pray for great (i.e., cloudy) weather, please! Thanks.

Today (Friday) is (according to my freebie calendar) "Memorial Day Traditional"; so yah, Happy Traditional Memorial Day, everyone!

In about 3 days (including this one), I'm going to run my fourth marathon; my third one in San Diego. EEP. Sadly, I haven't run since the 10th (my 20-miler) so I'm really really worried about Sunday. I guess, as long as I don't go out too fast in the first 10 miles, I should be ok, right? I mean, that's always been my problem (well, for the past year anyway). Other than inadequate training, I run too fast at the starting line instead of pacing myself. I guess it's the excitement and all that. But not this Sunday. I think I'm gonna have to remind myself to take it easy. AHHHH….

Anyway, if you care, I'm going to take my mobile phone with me and will tweet during the marathon Well, starting at the 10th mile, anyway. I don't think my mobile's battery is going to last that long! LOL.

Wish me luck!