I signed up for the Vulcan Run yesterday so now I have to do it. It sounds like a great idea right now, but tomorrow during the race I will cursing my stupidity. It's a high participation race on a great course and my goal is sub-50 minutes for the 10K (an 8:00/m pace). I still have a residual cough from bronchitis and don't know if I am sick or well or whatever, but I've ignored and trained anyway. I've been back running for almost two months save for the week when I was too sick to do anything.

I am saying this over and over again today:
NEGATIVE SPLITS NEGATIVE SPLITS NEGATIVE SPLITS

I memorized the locations of each mile marker just in case they don't mark the course so that I can keep track of my NEGATIVE SPLITS.