Well, this is it! Next weekend I'll be heading to Des Moines to participate in the Des Moine half-marathon, there is no turning back now!! I had a dream last night about the event, it was quite hilarious actually! I was running and I kept complaining that I've only been running for like 5 minutes and that there is no way that I'll ever get to the finish line before dark; but then someone showed me a clock which showed that I had been running for 6 hours and then I felt really proud of myself. I continued following everyone and the route was so confusing, at one point someone drove me across the interstate (?) and then when I saw the finish line I made them let me out so I could cross it (cheat much??). Anyway I crossed that finish line and found out I finished the 1/2 marathon in 12 hours...and I was EXCITED about that! If it takes me 12 hours to cross the finish line somebody please come pick me up and drive me across the interstate!!
Through out my training I have been able to hold a steady pace of somewhere between 11 to 12 minute miles, which is not fast at all BUT slow and steady is what I'm going for. So I would like to be done in like 2 hours and 30 minutes...my only goal is to cross the finish line so if I don't get there until 3 hours that is fine too.
I am remembering my very first athletic event that I did in 2002, it was an adventure race that I did with my friend Jon and his dad. It started out with a 15 mile bike ride, followed by a 5 mile canoeing trip, then a 5k at the end. I remember getting to the top of the hill on my bike and seeing nothing but country ahead of me and know that there was no turning back, I truly wanted my mom! It was a crazy feeling, I felt alone, scared, mad at myself! But I told myself to buck up and I did and I got through it...so "Buck up self, you'll be fine!" There, that's my pep talk!
