the 10 miler that was almost

Was shooting for 10 miler yesterday turned out to be more like 9.8...does that drive anyone else crazy??? It felt good and the last 5 miles I started doing this....ok, this is mile 21, 5.2 more to go, ok you made it to mile 23 3.2 more...I even tried picturing different parts on the course...whatever it takes to make the miles tick by at 5am in the dark!:)