Discussion: Good luck

Good luck to you on Monday! Enjoy our 'hometown marathon' and all of its special little features.... like TJ's Spirits at Mile 2 and the beers from the college kids. It feels like the entire town shuts down to cheer on the everyday citizen runner. Have fun!

Just don't let yourself get psyched out by the day-before drivethrough of the race course! I've done the same thing on many races, in particular pretty much every time I ran Boston, since it was pretty much on the route anyhow, and because the traffic conditions are so slow it usually takes well more than an hour to drive through, and it always seems even longer (maybe more than the run itself seems, since there isn't a lot of physical effort involved in driving the car to make the time pass. In some ways it can make the run seem like it is going to be a lot harder than it really is, maybe not such a good thing if you are already going into it with the knowledge that the fitness level isn't quite where you had hoped to be. So while the drive through is probably fine to do, to refresh your memory of the course, just remind yourself when you get done with the ride that the race itself will be a _lot_ easier than the endless trek you will already be imagining long before you even get to the minimal bumps of the Newton Hills in the car.

Now if the weather forecast just wasn't for rain, upper 40s, and 20mph headwinds....

On the bright side, I probably won't overheat.

Good luck, Peter! I'll cheer through cyberspace.

Have a good run and may the wind be at your back.

Lycka till!

Good luck Peter! You got this.

While it would be a lot nicer to have no rain, the headwind probably won't be as much of a problem as it would be in a smaller race. When you are in the midst of hundreds of other runners, they actually act as a pretty good windbreak. Just hang in place pretty close behind someone big and with a similar stride to yours.
Run well, feel good for the first two thirds of the race and then again after it's all done!