Pre-race night-before checklist:

  • Re-pack bag 10 times
  • Forget how to stretch
  • Accidentally chug 2 bottles of gatorade
  • Try on running shoes. Twice.
  • Call Mom and act overconfident
  • Pep-talk yourself in the mirror
  • Google image search “Bear Grylls” and “Ironman winners”
  • Call Mom and cry a little
  • Take existential-crisis shower
  • Misdiagnose yourself with 4 imaginary athletic injuries
  • Vomit in your mouth a little
  • Get in bed earlier than you ever have in your life but DO NOT FALL ASLEEP