Scoping the Course for Bumps

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Tomorrow I'm going to scope out the Eau Claire Marathon course. I'm not running another 20 until next weekend, but I'll check out what I can and then will find a good 12 miles of the course to run. I'm less worried about boredom on the course than I am about where the hills are. I'm desperately trying to improve my relationship with hills. My goal for this marathon is to not use any hill as an excuse to walk. I've found myself in previous marathons thinking "I don't like hills, I'm tired, so I'll run to the hill and walk it." Well, any bump in the road turned into an excuse later in the marathon. I want to take the bumps out of it this time!