Day 98 Four Weeks From Today

Four weeks from today is the St. Jude’s Memphis marathon.  I ran through brisk air this morning, knowing this journey is almost over.  The trees today stood stark against the deep blue sky.  When I started training for this marathon, it was summer.  I ran under the sweaty summer sun, and then falling golden leaves, and training in Chicago, it is likely that I will see snow before I stand at the starting line in Memphis.  Four weeks.  And I wonder, even now, what is on the other side of the finish line.