1. Keep your composure, as Mikey always says. We have all been guilty of it: the timer beeps, panic sets in, and we take off like a bat out of hell. In this case, composure means not coming out too hot. Nobody trying to have a successful Murph experience is planning to PR their first mile.

2. Hydrate the day before. Beer does ….

For as long as I can remember, when ever I would come about a difficult or arduous task in my life that overwhelmed me, my mother would always ask me the same question: “How do you eat an elephant?” Although not…