12 Hours Away!

So, here we are. I'm camped out in my hotel room in San Antonio with the compression tights on. Packet Pick-up at the expo and easy shakeout run are done, Chinese food is eaten, and all that's left is one more night's sleep before the big race...
I've got to admit, I'm nervous for this one. With tri's it's been a long time since I've really gotten nervous for races. Even for Rome last Spring, I didn't get all that nervous, but this time, for whatever reason, it's different. I think it's the lapse in training over these past few weeks that has knocked my confidence down a few notches. While I know that just 1-month ago, I was in some of the best running shape of my life, it still seems like running 6-minute pace tomorrow is going to be a very tough task. Throw in the lingering VMO issues and this weeks bout with a sore throat and I am all nerves tonight. Hopefully once the gun goes off in the morning and we settle in to race pace all of this will leave my head and it'll be fine. That's what I'm counting on, anyway!
The Gameplan: for the first 2-3 miles I want to run very, very relaxed. Probably so much so that I will feel like I am way slower than pace. Hopefully that will keep me at, or a little over, 6-minute pace. Assuming all goes well there, I will just try to settle in thru at least 15-miles. By mile 10.5, I will have to have made up my mind whether my knee has it in it to go the full distance. If not, I can turn left and just finish out the half. If so, that's where I will begin to enter no-man's land. From what I've read, miles 13-22 are pretty desolate, so that will be a challenge in itself.
The forecast calls for temps in the low- to mid-60's at the start. That, mixed with the slight humidity, which I experienced on tonight's easy run, will mean that I need to drink as frequently as possible. I'll also be carrying some Endurolytes to help with sodium loss.
I honestly have NO idea how this is going to go tomorrow morning, but I will be fighting to hit my goal of 6-minute pace. All of the long workouts and runs will definitely be going through my head as I fight through the dark parts of the race. Thanks to everyone who supported me through this journey over the past 15 weeks. This Blog, while a little self-absorbed, helped me to stay accountable throughout the training, and to get some key advice (from you guys) regarding training.Without a coach, it's sometimes hard to have those things, and this turned out to be a great solution for me. Now, hopefully the name of this blog doesn't turn out to be too far off!!
Off to bed. THANKS EVERYONE!!