This Place About to BloOOOOOOw!

There are only 4 more days until my next race... holy $*!%... and let me tell you friends, training has NOT been going well.

1. I've only run about 5 times since my last race on March 13th
2. I just came back from an EPIC Las Vegas vacation with some old college friends
3. ...I just don't wanna!

I've said it a million gazzillion times already, but getting out there has been SOOO hard. I ran 10 miles on Saturday and while I've been struggling lately, it's probably the best run I've had in a while. I made sure to hydrate all day Friday, and I even downloaded an audio book to help me get through the run.

Side note: a friend asked me to join her book club. Apparently, people read books to talk about them and watch the out coming movies....weird. Anyway, she asked me to join, and I said, "No, I don't read". And really, I DON'T READ. Reading for fun is an idea that is so rare, I barely even know what books are anymore. But after much coaxing and convincing (aka complaining and bitching about it), I finally said, "FINE. I'll download the audio book for your little (quotation marks being made with my hands) "book club"..." To this days, she calls me a cheater for getting the audio book instead of the real thing. But let's face it: I paid $5 for a "book" that can READ FOR ME. Tell me that's not the most American thing ever- I just paid to have something do a job for me that I'm fully capable of doing myself. LOVE IT.

Anyway, back to running. The audio book made the time FLY. I'm contemplating on bringing it with me to the race. Normally, I run races without anything so I can hear other people and just take in everything around me. Considering I don't really want to do this event, I may just take my headphones with me to drown everything out and get the damn thing over with ASAP. Maybe not.

The run felt good. I took a GU with me (Tri-Berry... YUM!) and it really helped me. The only thing I could really complain about was my right knee. I'm thinking my IT band just wasn't stretched out enough, but other than that, I'm ready to rock. I even calculated my possible times for the race. If I keep a sub 9:15 pace, I'll finish in under 2 hours... I can totally do that. We'll see though. Normally, I feel great for the first 8 miles, then it starts wearing on me. There's just no way I can beat my last time with the little time I've spent training. NOT GOING TO HAPPEN...

I've got 3 more runs scheduled this week and then it's the big day. I'm fueling up and hydrating now; not much else left to do. WISH ME LUCK... I'M REALLY GOING TO NEED IT, CUZ MY TRAINING DID ME NO GOOD! (SCREAM!)