Chicago Marathon Advice for Debut Marathoner "It doesn’t matter how many marathons I’ve run or how the training has gone or even how well prepared I’m feeling, about a month before the event a low-level anxiety sets in. I start to question everything from my shoes, to what I intend to eat and drink, to my own sanity." (Hold to what you've got)

This definately happens to me, especially my preparation just lasted one and half months. I run a lot but only around 6-7 miles per run and only after my friend dropped out of the race I began training seriously for the race. So my preparation definately needs more time but then again, che sera, sera.