4 days until FEBRUARY 6, 2011 6:30am.
I just got an email from the Surf City Marathong people telling me about packet pick up and what not. This $h*t is getting REAL! My 3 miler today was AMAZING. I know it's only 3, but it felt so great. I was running at a good pace, and my body just felt like it could have gone longer.
It was a bit windy, but not at ALL like how it was when I was running in Colorado.... THANK GOD. Just a strong breeze, but nothing to slow me down.
A few people have asked me if I will continue to blog after this whole marathong is over, and I'm actually not quite sure. I've had so much fun hearing feedback from other people, whether on here, or on Facebook and it was really fun to get my thoughts on running down. I DO have other events coming up that I'm sure would make for some GREAT material:
March 13, 2011: Shamrockn' Half Marathong (Sacramento, CA)
April 2, 2011: Warrior Dash (Lake Elsinore, CA)
May 1, 2011: Big Sur Marathong (or half, I don't know yet) (Big Sur, CA)
June 25, 2011: Tough Mudder (Denver, CO) (I don't know if this is for sure yet...)
Good events that would cultivate some good material for the blog, right? And the Warrior Dash and Tough Mudder aren't JUST running events either. They're mud runs that are pretty much these crazy obstacle courses. INSANE. So insane that I don't even know if I'm ready for 'em.... all my friends that are doing them are in the military. I do I keep up with THAT?!
Well, I guess I"ll find a way to survive. Because it's either that, or dying. And dying kind of sucks. Anyway, 4 DAYS LEFT! OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD.... I DON'T WANNA I DON'T WANNA... (SCREAM)
Come on Tlee. You are a freaking champ! You can do tough mudder, i mean, hell, you are doing a freaking marathong! Tough mudder is only 7 miles, and jen and I will be right there with you the whole way. Once you run 26.2 miles, there is really not much you cant do. Get out of your own head, take a deep breath, and just run. You know you have got it in you. See the link below, and hopefully it will give you some inspiration, not just for the run, but for your life and work as well.
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You will do great! I do have one trick for race day, the way that I keep super calm even when i'm literally getting kicked in the face at the start of triathlons: its just another training day. Treat it like its just another distance and don't focus on everyone else till after the start (first 2-5 miles). Adrenaline is going, people are running fast or slow...stay inside your head for a bit then go the pace you've ingrained in your body in the past months. Pretend like its just another run, just another distance till the butterflies are out, then start "racing" and picking people off :)
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to hear how it went!