bigger. as i approached the finish line i saw the large digital clock on top. the bright red numbers blinked 2 hours and 58 minutes when i crossed underneath. (i would later learn my actual time was 2 hours and 53 minutes).
i'd done it, and faster than i imagined i could.
a good buddy of mine reminded me with a message during the race yesterday of an old football coach who once drove us in the back of pickup trucks 10 miles or so out into the country and told us to run home. his idea of conditioning, i suppose. i got out of the truck i was in and ran 