The plan

The plan:

7:30am-3:30pm:  Work.  Doing my damndest, yes damndest, to get out on time.

3:30pm-4:30pm:  Walk from work over to Fort Lee, NJ to pick up rental car.  (Waaaaay cheaper than Manhattan, folks!)

4:30pm-5:00pm:  Wait in line at rental car place.

5:00pm-9:00pm:  Drive to Cortland, NY.  Crossing fingers for no horizontal toll both traverses.

9:00pm:  Check into hotel

9:15pm:  Dinner, roll left butt and thigh on tennis ball, lay out stuff for tomorrow.  Maaaaybe shower.

10:30pm:  Sleep.  I hope...

3:30am:  Wake.  Coffee, food, dress, repack stuff.

4:30am:  Leave for Hope Lake Park.

5:00am:  Check in, get bib, apply copious amounts of Aquafore, use bathroom.

5:40am:  Get a little nervous.  Apply more copious amounts of Aquafore, eek out a last pre-performance pee.

6:00am-tba:  Run, hike, eat, run, hike, eat, run, hike, eat.  Virgin Crest 50 miler.  Hoping to finish in by 11 hours.

1-2 hours later:  Try to not cramp or fall asleep while driving the hour to mother-in-law's house.

Another 1-2 hours later:   Stumble into mother-in-law's house, try not to fall on one of a dozen possible cats, attempt to at least hit the couch if not a bed.  Sleeeeep.

And yet, knowing that ultras go however they choose regardless of careful planning means that I am excitedly awaiting tomorrow though not worried.  It'll be however it is.  What I am more worried about is the week after, wherein I transition from a Mon-Fri schedule to a Tue-Sat schedule.  I'll become the new Saturday point person.  There will be at least one other on that first Saturday to help me, but the whole setup process is different, and I'll be in charge of organizing all the weekend therapists who more often than not are from other areas of the hospital (such as outpatient - very, very different).

So apparently becoming the Saturday point person is scarier than running 50 miles with a cumulative 10,000ft of elevation gain.  Perspective is an interesting thing, isn't it?