Two months to go? TWO MONTHS TO GO AHHHHHHHH

Matt Lindner
Aug 8, 2017 · 2 min read

Tuesday was a fairly quiet day at work. I wrote a story, ate some Panda Express, and even enjoyed a nice little late morning walk.

Then at 12:51, I promptly had the living crap scared out of me.

“2 months to go until the 40th #ChicagoMarathon!!!” the Chicago Marathon’s official Twitter account tweeted out.

Two months to go. Like…60 days. Two months. That is…holy crap, THAT IS NOT A LOT OF TIME.

I started training for the marathon on New Year’s Day precisely so that come August, I wouldn’t be freaking out about October. Thinking about it then is a whole lot different than thinking about it now, however. 280 days has become 60 and 60 is going to become 30 and then 30 is going to become 3 and…

Deep breaths. 60 days is still plenty of time. I think. I’ve run the half marathon distance twice now, once in a race, and survived just fine. My body feels relatively healthy for now, knock on wood and whatnot.

So, 60 days to go. 15 miles this weekend, and well north of 100 training miles left to go until the 26.2 on race day. I’ve got this. I think.

To learn more about Open Heart Magic, which has more than 120 volunteers that go around to Chicago hospitals and teach kids how to do magic tricks and is the charity that I’m running the Chicago Marathon for, please click here and consider donating.

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