No, I’m not focusing on the weather.

Or, rather, at least I have the experience of running two marathons in the rain.

I have a lot more anticipation about this one, because this one is the END OF RACING SEASON 2012 OMG. What will I do next after this? How will I stay fit? What new horizons can I embark on? I try to remind myself that I need to focus on tomorrow, not what comes after tomorrow.

The plan today is:

• Go to the Maine Press Association conference until noon.
• Drive 3 hours from Freeport to Bar Harbor, get a carby-lunch on the way, then arrive around 3:30.
• Pick up my bib at the race expo, then drive the course.
• Head back to Bangor (about an hour drive) to spend the night at my parents’ house.
• Leave my parents’ house at about 5:30 a.m. with one or more family members in tow to run for 4-and-a-half-plus hours in the rain.

This will be my fourth marathon. I am starting to have a pretty good feel for preparing for a marathon, and preparing to race. My go-to meals are sushi and macaroni and cheese. I will eat two Pop-tarts and have a cup of coffee in the morning.

I interrupt this post with a really, really awesome song: