Tomorrow is marathon day!

Tomorrow is the big day and the forecast calls for beautiful weather-- mid sixties, partly cloudy.

This year the MCM is not doing text tracking-- last year we were able to send people alerts for every 5K milestone we crossed. It was immensely useful for people who were able to be at the race-- they had an idea of our pacing and where we had been most recently and where they'd have the best chance of seeing us next. I don't know what bonehead MCM organizer made the call to not have that service this year, but they have an app instead, which unfortunately is only useful if both runner and spectator have it. AND if the runner carries their bigass smartphone for the whole race. I guess if you have an iPhone, it's not all that uncommon to carry it around when you're running because it's got your music on it, but personally, I think that's just another thing to carry. And when you're running 26 miles, its enough effort to just carry your stinkin body. So I'm really pissed about this. My phone is dumb, not smart, and so even my spectators do not benefit from the app download.

However, Mike and I went to check into the race yesterday and I stopped by a booth for the Fisher House marathon team. Fisher House, if you don't know, is an organization for military families. When a service member is injured, Fisher House provides travel and accomodations for the service member's family near the hospital while the loved one recuperates. It's a really great organization and every year they have a fundraising team run the marathon. The woman said that this year they have about 285 participants, and they ask them to raise about $500 each. I thought that was such a cool idea, but since this is likely to be my last Marine Corps Marathon, I'll have to find another way to participate in this program. Or bring it to my next marathon... not really sure! But anyhow, since I can't fundraise for Fisher House during my race, I'll just stump for them here on my blog which no one reads. Go to http://www.fisherhouse.org/ and donate! If you can even donate $10, you could be chipping in for some military spouse's trip to Germany to stay with his or her wounded soldier being treated at the VA hospital. Even Michelle Obama is a fan!

Wish us luck tomorrow! MCM, here we come!