Two days until RACE DAY!! 6/18/09

This week has been for rest and restoration...

I didn't run on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday... I'm not sure that is healthy for me...
1. I ate too much ice cream...
2. I need to run to stay sane!

I was going to run yesterday, but it was not in the cards. Too busy with work, play dates, and life. Moving on... I decided to run to the gym today. I believe it is roughly one mile. My lungs seemed rather shocked they were being used again and were unhappy on my way to the gym.

Mental note: No more going over 2 days without some form of cardiovascular exercise. Amen.

Once at the gym, I chose my hamster wheel and flipped the telly to Emeril Live. I'd never seen that before.. Hmm.. I feel hungry again... As I was saying, I hit the ol' treadmill and set off to have a nice and easy sanity/systems wake up run.

1st mile: 12 minute mile
2nd mile: 11 1/2 minute mile
3rd mile: 11 minute mile
4th mile: (only .67 mi.) ~8 3/4 minute mile

At this point I accidentally hit the emergency stop button, but it seemed like as good a time as any to call it.

Time for my big news!!! On my way out of the gym I had my body fat % calculated... 19.1% Not bad for an 31 year old mom of two! I think the last time I had it checked (a few months ago) it was 22%, so this was great news (although I can't say that dropping my body fat % was a conscious goal for me.) It must have been the extra ice cream this week. Hehehe. :-) Then I ran home. Total mileage today: ~5.67 miles. I plan to do an easy 3-5 miles tomorrow, and then race day baby!

Speaking of race day.. Let's discuss it! I am nervous. Will my asthma flair up and hold me back? Will I hurt myself? Will I enjoy myself? Will I hit The Wall either mentally, physically, or both? Will the finish line be filled with the elation that I have dreamed of for 6 long months?? Will anyone be there to cheer me on, and will it hurt if there isn't? Will I need to pee for miles on end? Will there be a photographer there? (I better get a good f'ing picture... lol.) What should I carry with me? Will I come in last?! (Oh please God, I don't want to be last!) Will I need a medic?... Shoot... Will I need to be the medic?? LOL

Someone special wrote this in an email to me this morning:
"Saturday, and these days leading up to it, is/are your moment to take in all that you've worked so hard for....savor it, all of it....even the vomiting part at the end :). Like we talked about last night, even these early jitters are part of the grand experience.....you'll do great!!!"

Thank you for these words. You are absolutely right.