2 Days Left

Well, there are officially only 2 days left until the Half Marathon. I am both nervous AND excited. Those are two completely normal feelings to have before a race. Thankfully excitement is winning over the nervous/scared feelings.

I once again have to send out a HUGE thank you to my cousin Amber for being so amazingly supportive to me these last few months. She asks the right questions and really gets me to honestly evaluate how I feel and what I truly want to do. ♥you, cuz!

My current goal for this race is to finish (obviously) but I want to try an average 16 minute miles. I think that is 100% doable. I might have a few 14 or 15 minute miles in there too. But again, an average of 16 over the whole race would be just peachy.

Let's recap 2012 and 2013 real quick.

2012 Lincoln Presidential Half Marathon

In 2012 I ran this with my mom and finished in 3:18:35 and I was around 180 pounds. What I mostly remember about this race is that my socks were WAY too thin and my shoes were too big. I ended up with some nasty blisters. Lesson learned. We also did this race within a month of doing the Disney Princess Half Marathon in Orlando! 

2013 Lincoln Presidential Half Marathon

In 2013 I ran it again with my mom and was completely unprepared. I finished in 3:45:59 and was over 250 pounds. What I remember about this race is I wore the wrong shoes (AGAIN - notice them in my hand) but my socks were perfect. They were toe socks and I didn't get any blisters! My feet just hurt because it was a minimalist shoe and I was way too heavy to wear a shoe like that for that long of a distance with NO training. 

This year, I will be doing the race about 30 pounds lighter and with SOME training. I feel more ready for this one than I did for the one in 2013. Mom and I were not going to do it but then the night before I went "You know what? We signed up for this damn thing are we are doing it if it kills us." Funny how we didn't die and we got the satisfaction of running our third half marathon together. 

I will be sad this year though because mom is not doing it with me. This will be the first half marathon I have done "alone". Amber is running this race as well - but she is MUCH faster than me and will be patiently waiting for me at the finish line. Hopefully she will scream something obnoxious at me when I am crossing the finish line. Ha! 

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Even if it Kills Me

I am going to do this half marathon on Saturday even if it kills me. I know it won't though because I have done it two times before and the second time I was 30 pounds heavier than I am now. So, why do I think I can't do it? Well, because of that nagging and annoying nay-sayer in my head that never seems to go away. I actually had a dream last night that I did this race and even though I was dead last, I did it. That's more than people who don't do it can say, right? It'll be my fourth half marathon and my third penny medal.

And can I just say that I hope the shirts are a better color this year? The past two years they have been hideous! Like, tan poo color and ugly yellow. Blech.

I am going to leave you all with The Blerch. Because this is what lives in my head. Thank you to The Oatmeal for this amazing realization and proof that every runner has this in their mind.