Quote of the day

By all the gods that Romans bow before,
I here discard my sickness! Soul of Rome!
Brave son, derived from honourable loins!
Thou, like an exorcist, hast conjured up
My mortified spirit. Now bid me run,
And I will strive with things impossible;
-From William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

As I type this, there are two days, 23 hours and 30-some minutes until the race.

I read on marathonguide.com that one in six marathoners will be running a marathon this weekend. And I am one of them.